Re: [linux-lvm] character device creation

Re: [linux-lvm] character device creation

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:39PM -0800, sachin wrote:
> Hi
> Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
> If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it

Yes. Have a look at 'man raw'.

> Thanks ,
> Sachin

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Re: [linux-lvm] character device creation

[Dave Olien]

If I'm not mistaken, the raw(8) character device in 2.6 is
considered obsolete.  The same semantics can be gotten by
doing an open(2) on the block special file with the O_DIRECT
flag set.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 10:52:23AM +0200, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:39PM -0800, sachin wrote:
> > Hi
> > Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
> > If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it
> 
> Yes. Have a look at 'man raw'.
> 
> > Thanks ,
> > Sachin
> 
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-lvm mailing list
> > linux-lvm@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> 
> *** Software bugs are stupid.
>     Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them ***
> 
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[linux-lvm] character device creation

[sachin]

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Hi
Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it
Thanks ,
Sachin

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[linux-lvm] Character device creation

[sachin]

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Hi
Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it
Thanks ,
I am using LVM 1.0.3
Sachin

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[linux-lvm] character device creation

[sachin]

Thanks Shaun
I am quite new to linux
Can you tell  me how to identify the raw device that it is actually bind to
a logical volume
And what extra things that i needed to do if i wan to use raw devices like
driver or any thing else
 or lvm driver supports that
Thanks ,
Sachin.

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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:39PM -0800, sachin wrote:
> Hi
> Can i Create a character device for a logical volume of lvm
> If yes how to create and how lvm driver manage it or supports it

Yes. Have a look at 'man raw'.

> Thanks ,
> Sachin