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Subject: [linux-lvm] Re: [PATCH] 2.4.25--pre4 VFS lvm_snapshots
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To: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose@wanadoo.es>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" <mauelshagen@sistina.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>, LVM <linux-lvm@sistina.com>

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 04:51:49PM +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> hi,
> 
> This patch is necessary to be able to mount snapshots of journalling
> filesystems. It was flying around lvm for long time, years!!.
> And LiNUX distributions bring it, Red Hat at least since 7.x.
> So, it should be sure.

The patch still doesn't get better by that.  And even if it was this
would clearly be a feature for 2.6, not 2.4.