From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j310OOO16580 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:24:24 -0500 Received: from seeker3.pacific.net.ph (seeker3.pacific.net.ph [210.23.235.106]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j310OIGZ012708 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:24:18 -0500 Received: from congo2.pacific.net.ph (congo2.pacific.net.ph [210.23.235.89]) by seeker3.pacific.net.ph with ESMTP id j310OGgB011170 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:24:16 +0800 Received: from [210.1.105.173] (ppp173.dyn1.105.pacific.net.ph [210.1.105.173] (may be forged)) by congo2.pacific.net.ph with ESMTP id j310OELh008602 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:24:15 +0800 (PHT) Message-ID: <424CA0D1.5060905@nospam.com> Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:16:01 +0800 From: Andy Sy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [linux-lvm] Re: putting lvm autodetect into the kernel ala md Reply-To: andy@neotitans.com, LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Luca Berra wrote: > no, [lvm partition detection and activation] is a user space > task, there is no reason to burden the kernel with this. I find that a spurious argument. The kernel autodetects physical partitions, so how is that different from detecting logical ones? >From the user's point of view he would want it to happen the same way. In fact, given the flexibility and [purported] negligible overhead of logical volumes, he should not even be bothering with physical partitions anymore. -- reply-to: a n d y @ n e o t i t a n s . c o m