Hi Mark, Looks like a flaw in the string code to handle device names. Can you create metadata samples (preferably in an empty directory) by running "dmraid -rD", tar/bzip2 them up (ie. "tar jcvf JMicron-Mark_Junker.tar.bz2 *") and send the tarball to me for analysis, please ? Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:22:12PM +0100, Mark Junker wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Gigabyte mainboard with a JMicron controller. It gets > recognized by dmraid without problems but it creates strange device names. > > Here's the directory listing: > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 63 2006-11-07 08:39 control > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 0 2006-11-09 20:48 jmicron_JRAID ^A > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 1 2006-11-07 07:39 Ubuntu-root > > And this is the output of "dmraid -tay": > > jmicron_JRAID ^A: 0 312541184 mirror core 2 131072 nosync 2 > /dev/sdb 0 /dev/sdc 0 > jmicron_JRAID ^A1: 0 312528447 linear > /dev/mapper/jmicron_JRAID ^A 63 > > As you can see, the device name contains spaces and a ^A (0x01) at the > end of the device name which may cause problems when FDISK tries to sync > the devices using ioctl calls. The device for the partition doesn't get > created too. > > Any idea what's the problem? > > The output of "uname -a": > > Linux mjcoder 2.6.19-rc2-g4d99bfac-dirty #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Oct 17 > 11:45:46 CEST 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Regards, > Mark Junker > > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx PHONE +49 171 7803392 FAX +49 2626 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
