On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:54:11PM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote: > Hello Heinz, > > > Yes I did. > And so as far as I understood, it is not possible with the Suse release > of the 2.4.18 kernel and the LVM 1.0.7 patch to get it compiled. Is that > right? Likely (we do support mainline kernels only). Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > Krisztian > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On > Behalf Of Heinz J . Mauelshagen > Sent: Freitag, 31. Oktober 2003 11:28 > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: Problem at compiling kernel 2.4.18 with lvm > 1.0.7 > > > Krisztian, > > you said you used the SuSE 2.4.18 source ? > Get a mainline source and retry patching/compiling. > > Regards, > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 11:59:34AM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote: > > Hello Heinz, > > > > > > no I haven't, because till now I ever patched my kernels with any of > the > > LVM versions I chose to compile the kernel by myself. And it was ok. > > This is the first time that I get a compilation error like this. > > > > Can we fix the problem somehow, that I can compile then kernel with > the > > LVM patch 1.0.7? > > > > Because to tell the truth I don't really rely on that rpm from suse, > > since I had big troubles with an apache rpm, and finaly it turned out > > that there was a failure in it, and when I compiled apache from the > > source it was ok. > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > Krisztian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com > [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On > > Behalf Of Heinz J . Mauelshagen > > Sent: Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2003 11:24 > > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > > Subject: Re: Problem at compiling kernel 2.4.18 with lvm > > 1.0.7 > > > > > > > > Krisztian, > > > > running the SuSE LVM rpm with the SuSE kernel should work fine. > > Have you tried that yet ? > > > > Regards, > > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 01:19:26PM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote: > > > Hi LVM friends, > > > > > > > > > I have problems with the following scenario: > > > > > > - I use SuSE linux 7.1 (I know, this might be a bit old, but I > follow > > > the rule "never touch a running system") with kernel 2.4.16 and lvm > > > 1.0.7 > > > > > > - Since SuSE rolled out the latest kernel for 7.1 and I would like > to > > > keep my OS up to date I installed the 2.4.18 kernel source from SuSE > > on > > > my machine > > > > > > - I tried to patch the kernel with the LVM 1.0.7, so I executed > > exactly > > > the steps written in INSTALL and PATCH/README. Everything was ok > > > > > > - Then I configured the rest of the kernel and tried to compile. But > > > after a while, when it was compiling the LVM stuff, it stopped > > compiling > > > with the following message: > > > > > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/include -Wall > > > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing > > -fno-common > > > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 > > > -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lvm -c -o lvm.o lvm.c > > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/include -Wall > > > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing > > -fno-common > > > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 > > > -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lvm_snap -c -o lvm-snap.o lvm-snap.c > > > lvm-snap.c: In function `lvm_snapshot_COW': > > > lvm-snap.c:365: structure has no member named `blocks' > > > make[3]: *** [lvm-snap.o] Error 1 > > > make[3]: Leaving directory > > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers/md' > > > make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 > > > make[2]: Leaving directory > > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers/md' > > > make[1]: *** [_subdir_md] Error 2 > > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers' > > > make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2 > > > > > > Afterwards I looked into the patch file, and into the lvm-snap.c at > > the > > > given position, line 365. There is the reference to the "blocks" > > > variable of the iobuf structure. This iobuf structure is defined in > > the > > > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/iobuf.h header file. But this header > file > > > is completly different in the source of the 2.4.18 kernel than in > the > > > source of the 2.4.16 kernel, where the patch and compiling were ok. > > > > > > Do you have any idea what can I do to get it compiled? > > > > > > I attach the lvm patch file generated by make and the iobuf.h file > for > > > both versions 2.4.16 and 2.4.18. > > > > > > > > > Hope to hear from you soon, and thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > Krisztian > > > *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. 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