[linux-lvm] Why aren't the linux-sources up to date?

[linux-lvm] Why aren't the linux-sources up to date?

[Daniel_Schroeter]

Hi LVM-team,
we're testing the LVM in the company. I using the kernel 2.4.9. Why don't
have the sources from the linux-kernel the current LVM version (1.0.1)? I
need to patch the sources with your makefile. Yes, it works fine :-)

I writing a articel for the company, so I need the information why, the
current linux kernel, doesn't have the newest LVM version.
Thank's for a answer of this question.

Greetings
     Daniel Schröter

Re: [linux-lvm] Why aren't the linux-sources up to date?

[Goetz Bock]

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On Fri, Aug 31 '01 at 10:31, Daniel_Schroeter@gillette.com wrote:
> Why don't have the sources from the linux-kernel the current LVM version?
The sistina folks are still in the process of submitting the patches to
Linus. While they have already been able to get close to 0.9.1beta8
(IIRC) they were not able to get the kernel's version of LVM up to
1.0.1(rc2). But I'm positive that they will get there.  
-- 
Goetz Bock                                              IT Consultant
Dipl.-Inf. Univ.

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Re: [linux-lvm] Why aren't the linux-sources up to date?

[Joe Thornber]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:31:07AM +0200, Daniel_Schroeter@gillette.com wrote:
> Hi LVM-team,
> we're testing the LVM in the company. I using the kernel 2.4.9. Why don't
> have the sources from the linux-kernel the current LVM version (1.0.1)? I
> need to patch the sources with your makefile. Yes, it works fine :-)
> 
> I writing a articel for the company, so I need the information why, the
> current linux kernel, doesn't have the newest LVM version.
> Thank's for a answer of this question.

Good question.  

Alan Cox has integrated patches up to Beta 7.  Currently he's waiting
for me to send the final patch set which will bring him up to date with
1.0.1, I'm waiting until I'm confident the changes are correct.

Linus' kernels contain beta2 level code.  I can only assume that Alan
has pushed the patches forward to Linus and they have been rejected.
There *are* issues with the driver, regarding the ioctl interface
among other things.  But in the short term I feel it would be better
if Linus were to accept the patches from Alan since beta2 was quite
broken.

- Joe

Re: [linux-lvm] Why aren't the linux-sources up to date?

[Jan Niehusmann]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 01:47:17PM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote:
> Linus' kernels contain beta2 level code.  I can only assume that Alan
> has pushed the patches forward to Linus and they have been rejected.

IIRC, Alan said on linux-kernel that he doesn't actively push stuff 
to Linus if there are active maintainers who can do it themselfes.
Of course things are different if you agreed that he will forward
the patches to Linus.

Jan