[linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Dave Wapstra]

Hello all,

I am trying to setup a Sun E450 with Linux kernel 2.4.x and LVM beta 6,
but there are a number of difficulties.

With kernel 2.4.2 "make menuconfig" doesn't work.  No problem,
now I'm using v2.4.3-pre3 and this is running fine.

LVM 0.9.1 beta 6 patches cleanly agains -pre3.  So far so good.

The problem is that I'm trying to apply Patrick Caulfield's ioctl32.c
patch, which doesn't apply cleanly to -pre3 (at least on my box).
Applying the patch by hand results in a failed compile.

This might be caused by the fact that I pulled the patch of the web,
since I wasn't subscribed to linux-lvm at the time.


Any success stories on Ultrasparc with 2.4.x and LVM are welcome...


-Dave

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Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Steven Lembark]

> With kernel 2.4.2 "make menuconfig" doesn't work.  No problem,
> now I'm using v2.4.3-pre3 and this is running fine.

if you have a decent display (or network access) see what 
"make xconfig" does for you.  it may be a curses/ncurses
version issue (was for me).  by the time you're done cursing
[so to speak] you'd be better off in X11.  if you just want
to get the thing working then:

	take your pre3 .config and move it to /usr/src (i.e., "..").
	blow off /usr/src/linux-2.4.2-pre3.
	re-extract 2.4.2 into, say, linux-2.4.2.
	cp ../config ./.config;
	make oldconfig;

this will re-use the old (assumedly working) .config from 2.4.3-pre3
w/ questions about anything new it doesn't have answers for.  you
can use this method to migrate up versions w/o having to wander 
through the entire process each time.

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                                                 Chicago, IL  60647
 lembark@wrkhors.com                                   800-762-1582

Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Dave Wapstra]

On 18 March, 2001 at 14:28:35 -0600, Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com> wrote:
> 
> > With kernel 2.4.2 "make menuconfig" doesn't work.  No problem,
> > now I'm using v2.4.3-pre3 and this is running fine.
> 
> if you have a decent display (or network access) see what 
> "make xconfig" does for you.  it may be a curses/ncurses
> version issue (was for me).  by the time you're done cursing
> [so to speak] you'd be better off in X11.  if you just want
> to get the thing working then:
> 

Steve,

Thanks, but this is a non-X box. It is probably worth trying to use the
.config of -pre3 with 2.4.2 and use the beta6 plus ioctl patches to try
and get this thing to compile correctly.

I'll just give that a try...

-Dave

BTW: The problem with 2.4.2 is an awk parser error.

Using defaults found in arch/sparc64/defconfig
Preparing scripts: functions, parsingAwk died with error code 132. Giving up.
..........scripts/Menuconfig: unexpected EOF while looking for `''
scripts/Menuconfig: ./MCmenu17: line 121: syntax error
.......scripts/Menuconfig: unexpected EOF while looking for `''
scripts/Menuconfig: ./MCmenu6: line 362: syntax error

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Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Steven Lembark]

> Thanks, but this is a non-X box. It is probably worth trying to use the
> .config of -pre3 with 2.4.2 and use the beta6 plus ioctl patches to try
> and get this thing to compile correctly.
> 
> I'll just give that a try...

or just "make config".  takes a while but doesn't depend on any
fancy display system.

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 Steven Lembark                                   2930 W. Palmer St.
                                                 Chicago, IL  60647
 lembark@wrkhors.com                                   800-762-1582

Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Dave Wapstra]

On 18 March, 2001 at 15:30:08 -0600, Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, but this is a non-X box. It is probably worth trying to use the
> > .config of -pre3 with 2.4.2 and use the beta6 plus ioctl patches to try
> > and get this thing to compile correctly.
> > 
> > I'll just give that a try...
> 
> or just "make config".  takes a while but doesn't depend on any
> fancy display system.

Did that indeed. I copied the .config from -pre3 and used the good old
"make config" and the enter key ;)

I got the ioctl32 patch once again via the web mail-archive and did a
"s/       /^V<tab>/g" to get a correct format.

Now I've got a running system with 2.4.2 and LVM-0.9.1-beta 6 including
the ioctl32 patch!

I just created a 16 Gig (2x8) VG/LV and it looks fine.

Now I can start playing around to see how stable the system really is.

-Dave

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Dave Wapstra
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Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[Patrick Caulfield]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:28:31PM +0100, Dave Wapstra wrote:
> On 18 March, 2001 at 15:30:08 -0600, Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks, but this is a non-X box. It is probably worth trying to use the
> > > .config of -pre3 with 2.4.2 and use the beta6 plus ioctl patches to try
> > > and get this thing to compile correctly.
> > > 
> > > I'll just give that a try...
> > 
> > or just "make config".  takes a while but doesn't depend on any
> > fancy display system.
> 
> Did that indeed. I copied the .config from -pre3 and used the good old
> "make config" and the enter key ;)
> 
> I got the ioctl32 patch once again via the web mail-archive and did a
> "s/       /^V<tab>/g" to get a correct format.

You can get the file from Dave Miller's CVS tree at  
:pserver:cvs@vger.samba.org:/vger

Or I'll post the whole file here if anyone really needs it - it doesn't change
much!

That patch was created against Dave's tree (so he could integrate it) rather
than the Linus kernels - that might have made a difference but I don't think so.

patrick

Re: [linux-lvm] Kernel 2.4.x with LVM beta 6 on Sun E450?

[AJ Lewis]

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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:28:31PM +0100, Dave Wapstra wrote:
> On 18 March, 2001 at 15:30:08 -0600, Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com> wrote:
> > or just "make config".  takes a while but doesn't depend on any
> > fancy display system.
> 
> Did that indeed. I copied the .config from -pre3 and used the good old
> "make config" and the enter key ;)

Off topic, but "make oldconfig" - works wonders for me:
 1) you don't have to hold down the enter key
 2) it will prompt you for new options

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