[linux-lvm] devfs...

[James Pattinson]

OK I've been looking around - and it seems that the latest devfs doesn't
have /dev/sd/*  - instead we have lots of weird things, like
/dev/discs/disc0/* /dev/discs/disc1/* etc ... I've fixed my vgscan but
adding

   static char *devdir[] = {
      "/dev/ida",
      "/dev/ide/hd",
      "/dev/loop",
      "/dev/md",
      "/dev/rd",
      "/dev/sd",
+     "/dev/discs/disc0",
+     "/dev/discs/disc1",
+     "/dev/discs/disc2",
+     "/dev/discs/disc3",
+     "/dev/discs/disc4",
      "/dev",
      NULL

to lvm_dir_cache.c and similar to pv_check_name.c.

It works for me but hopefully devfs will settle down and not keep changing
soon...

Thanks,

james

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:

> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm sure this is a FAQ but I can't find the answer anywhere.
> > 
> > I've am using LVM 0.8i on 2.2.14 with the latest devfs patch.
> 
> Sorry, this combination is not yet supported.
> I still have to focus on devfs support 8*(
> 
> > My root
> > filesystem in on an LV and I have an initrd that does a vgscan and a
> > vgchange. However now I'm using devfs, vgscan dooesn't find any of my
> > volume groups - maybe because vgscan doesn't know to look in /dev/scsi or
> > whatever. Is there a patch to fix this?
> 
> vgscan (respectively the library routines involved) already
> take care of devfs naming conventions.
> 
> Did you mount devfs in linuxrc before running vgscan?
> 
> Regards,
> Heinz
> 
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