On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 11:11:04AM +0200, Marien Tielemans - Van Boxtel Software BV wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > Redhat 7.3 uses kernel 2.4.18-3 . > I tryed to patch the kernel with : linux-2.4.18-VFS-lock.patch (located in > LVM/1.0.5/PATCHES ) > > In the README it is mentioned that kernels supplied with RedHat , Mandrake > etc are a little different from the kernels > supplied bij kernel.org . > Since the lvm-1.0.5-2.4.18-3custom.patch worked fine with the "RedHat " > kernel i thought the VFS-lock patch also should work. > What do you advise me to do ? > Thanks, > The LVM patches adapt themselves to the kernel you are patching so should apply to most kernels without trouble. the VFS lock patch is just a static patch against the named kernel. Your options are: 1) build a 2.4.19 kernel from ftp.*.kernel.org 2) apply the VFS lock patch to the redhat kernel and manually fix the rejects 3) lean on redhat to include the patch patrick _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
