From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262158AbTJXMCa (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:02:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262161AbTJXMC3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:02:29 -0400 Received: from faui3es.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ([131.188.33.16]:62412 "EHLO faui3es.informatik.uni-erlangen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262158AbTJXMC2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:02:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:56:32 +0200 From: Martin Waitz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, evms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dm-devel@sistina.com Subject: device-mapper & bd_claim Message-ID: <20031024115632.GX9850@admingilde.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, evms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dm-devel@sistina.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NhNFzfCfperyfXiA" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-PGP-Fingerprint: B21B 5755 9684 5489 7577 001A 8FF1 1AC5 DFE8 0FB2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --NhNFzfCfperyfXiA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hi :) i use evms to mount some filesystems. the root filesystem is located on /dev/hda1, all other partitions are managed by evms. this works without problems in 2.4. however, evms refuses to create the logical volumes in 2.6. the problem seems to be the addition of bd_claim in 2.6: upon mounting the root filesystem, hda1 is claimed by the filesystem. thus, hda is claimed by the bd_claim code, too. evms tries to setup dm-tables using hda and fails to claim the device so, how should this be solved? i think it should be allowed to mix evms and 'normal' partitions on the same device. do we need to introduce claimed_region of the toplevel device instead of claiming individual devices? --=20 CU, / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany Martin Waitz // Department of Computer Science 3 _________ ______________/// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /// dies ist eine manuell generierte mail, sie beinhaltet // tippfehler und ist auch ohne grossbuchstaben gueltig. / --NhNFzfCfperyfXiA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mRNvj/Eaxd/oD7IRAs/XAJ0akHjA7fGrAORt0SyzehS30WzChQCghKNc LPyi0TwxMUOFGluY+/rFEsg= =2+7b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NhNFzfCfperyfXiA--