From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1EKJFm-0005wa-6B for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:28:30 -0700 Received: from smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.35]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1EKJFd-0002fe-Cj for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:28:27 -0700 From: Blaisorblade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: Writing on DM snapshots, and having no "mainstream" device (was: Re: Fw: [PATCH 1/7] Add dm-snapshot tutorial in Documentation) References: <20050920163433.6081be3b.akpm@osdl.org> <200509232211.32238.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <20050923211953.GG18976@agk.surrey.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20050923211953.GG18976@agk.surrey.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509261703.01567.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:03:01 +0200 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Alasdair G Kergon , LKML , user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net On Friday 23 September 2005 23:19, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 10:11:31PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > > you can create snapshots *WITHOUT* having a snapshot-origin device > Checking the code, yes you're correct. > When that LVM2 code was developed you'd get an oops but it's been fixed. You also "fixed" my assertion that snapshot-origin "base device" (parameter n.1) must be a DM device. Should I readd it too? IIRC I checked the code and it looks up the first param as a DM device, even because the list of snapshot is maintained for DM devices, not for general block devices. Right? > Alasdair -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ___________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger: chiamate gratuite in tutto il mondo http://it.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel