Re: LVM/Device mapper breaks with -mm (was: Re: 2.5.66-mm1)

From: Joel Becker (Joel.Becker@oracle.com)
Date: Wed Mar 26 2003 - 13:47:23 EST


On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 05:03:50PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> With sufficiently recent user space utilities all
> should work: they can find out the interface version
> using the DM_VERSION ioctl, and then adapt what
> they send to the kernel.

        We need to start tracking down what userspace needs fixing
still. We also should iron out our representations. eg, hpa's
recommendation for 64bits, or the 12/20 split for 32bit, or etc.

Joel

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