On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:32:26PM +0200, Wiktor Wodecki wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 10:29:38PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > I have problems with lvm2 and the 2.5.73-mm2 patchset. > > Could be because -mm uses a 64-bit dev_t. > > Could you please revert > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.73/2.5.73-mm2/broken-out/64-bit-dev_t-kdev_t.patch > > and retest? > > yes, reverting this patch fixes the problem. Is it sane to run the -mm2 > without this patch? > > > I think there's a version of devicemapper userspace which works correctly > > with 64-bit dev_t. Perhaps the Sistina team can shed some light. > > would be nice if somebody else could comment on this.. Yes, I think it's the 64bit dev_t. You'll have to wait for the new ioctl interface + userland tools before dm can make this transition. We've been having some problems with the tools, which caused this delay in fixing things. I *hope* the tools will be released this week. - Joe _______________________________________________ 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/
