diff -rup LVM2.2.00.15/lib/device/dev-io.c LVM2.2.00.15-devel/lib/device/dev-io.c
--- LVM2.2.00.15/lib/device/dev-io.c	2004-04-16 14:43:29.000000000 -0400
+++ LVM2.2.00.15-devel/lib/device/dev-io.c	2004-09-09 06:35:23.073233392 -0400
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ int dev_open_flags(struct device *dev, i
 		flags |= O_DIRECT;
 #endif
 
+#ifndef O_NOATIME
+# define O_NOATIME       01000000
+#endif
+        flags |= O_NOATIME;
+
 	if ((dev->fd = open(name, flags, 0777)) < 0) {
 		log_sys_error("open", name);
 		return 0;