From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263174AbTJPUdv (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:33:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263175AbTJPUdv (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:33:51 -0400 Received: from tantale.fifi.org ([216.27.190.146]:17055 "EHLO tantale.fifi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263174AbTJPUdt (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:33:49 -0400 To: Marc-Christian Petersen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Pleger Subject: Re: LVM Snapshots References: <20031015174017.606c6047.Christoph.Pleger@uni-dortmund.de> <200310151751.23103.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> <87n0c2wih5.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> <200310161128.23235.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> Mail-Copies-To: nobody From: Philippe Troin Date: 16 Oct 2003 13:33:43 -0700 In-Reply-To: <200310161128.23235.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> Message-ID: <87ismo6hy0.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Marc-Christian Petersen writes: > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 18:53, Philippe Troin wrote: > > Hi Philippe, > > > Marc-Christian Petersen writes: > > > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 17:40, Christoph Pleger wrote: > > > > > > Hi Christoph, > > > > > > > I am using a 2.4.22 kernel from www.kernel.org together with an XFS > > > > patch from SGI. I want to use LVM for creating snapshots for backups, > > > > but I found out that I cannot mount the snapshots of journalling > > > > filesystems (EXT3, XFS, Reiser). Only JFS snapshots can be mounted. > > > > My research on internet gave the result that a kernel-patch must be > > > > used to solve that problem, but I could not find such a patch for Linux > > > > 2.4.22, so where can I get it? > > > > > > Marcelo decided not to apply that needed patch. Here it is for you to > > > play with :) ... It'll apply with offsets to 2.4.23-pre7. > > > > What was the reason? I cannot find this thread in the archives... > > it was a private mail. Pasting relevant stuff: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - [PATCH 2.4.23-pre1] LVM 1.0.7 ADDON: Allow snapshots on journaling > > filesystems > > LVM has already been updated on 2.4.23-pre. Lets do more changes later on. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing technical then, Marcelo is just being slow for stability's sake and easier testing. I guess that will go in somewhere in a later 23-pre or in 24. Thanks for the info. Phil.