[linux-lvm] lvm2 pb on hppa-linux

[Patrick Caulfield]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:57:10PM +0200, Joel Soete wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since the announce of lvm2 I used succefuly lvm tools (also with evms tools
> before 1.9 ie evms-1.2.1) on my linux hppa box runing a last updated linux-2.4.21-pa8
> (+ a very small hack to use generic_ffs()).
> 
> Now I try to install lvm2 and dm1.
> 
> I so recover last lvm-1.0.7. I configure it and build PATCHES which I apply
> against kernel (without VFS-lock). Then I reboot it and install tools:
> _no pb_ :-)


I've had problems with O_DIRECT on hppa architectures which cause LVM2 to fail.

the workaround is to add the lines:


#undef O_DIRECT
#define O_DIRECT 0


After the batch of ifdefs in lib/device/dev-io.c

-- 

patrick