Re: [linux-lvm] guruplug 2.6.37 lvm2 problem

[Milan Broz <mbroz redhat com>]

On 01/27/2011 07:25 PM, Jason wrote:
> I have a small problem that's I've been beating my head against for two 
> days.
> 
> I've installed debian onto an sdcard according to [1].  This required a 
> new U-boot [2].  For grins, I chose encrypted LVM.  It works fine with 
> the 2.6.33.3flipflip kernel [3].  However, I'm trying to get 2.6.37 
> vanilla to work.
> 
> I think I'm almost there except that lvm2 segfaults every time right 
> after I enter the password.  So, I jumped into initramfs and ran 'lvm 
> pvscan -v -v -v -v' for both kernels.  Here's the output:

GuruPlug is ARM arch, right?

Can you recompile lvm without O_DIRECT support (--disable-o_direct)
and try it again?

I know that ARM had wrongly implemented direct-io (it was kernel problem),
so let's try this first.

Milan