On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 10:17:57AM -0600, AJ Lewis wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:19:54PM +0100, ZECHA,HOLGER (HP-Germany,ex1) wrote: > > is there a lvm patch for kernel 2.2.16 available ? > > By following the instructions in the PATCHES/README file for 0.9.1 Beta2, I > was able to generate a patch that appears to work for 2.2.16. I copied the > fragments-2.2.18 file to fragments-2.2.16 and ran 'make' in the PATCHES > directory. This created a file called lvm-0.9.1_beta2-2.2.16.patch. > > I grabbed the 2.2.16 rawio patch from the 0.8.1 release of LVM. (You can > get this from the LVM ftp site at > ftp://ftp.sistina.com/LVM/0.8.1/PATCHES/linux-2.2.16-rawio.patch) I applied > this rawio patch and the generated lvm patch to the clean 2.2.16 kernel, > configured, and built the kernel. After installing the kernel and rebooting > the machine, I was able to see the volume group i had created with a 2.2.18 > kernel and LVM 0.9.1 Beta2. I mounted a logical volume from the volume > group, and was able to use it. > > That is the extent of the testing I have done, so if you are worried about > your data, don't do this! Or at least backup your data before trying it. > Good luck. > After testing a bit more, I have found a bug in the snapshot creation. Under load, you can get a 'kernel panic: brw_kiovec: iobuf not locked for I/O' Joe, is this the same as the problem you discussed in the "[linux-lvm] Kernel panic while snapshotting." thread? -- AJ Lewis Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-379-3951 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-379-3952 Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis sistina com http://www.sistina.com Current GPG fingerprint = 3B5F 6011 5216 76A5 2F6B 52A0 941E 1261 0029 2648 Get my key at: http://www.sistina.com/~lewis/gpgkey (Unfortunately, the PKS-type keyservers do not work with multiple sub-keys) -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware. -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------
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