[linux-lvm] 2.6.7 and snapshots

[Donald Thompson]

> On Tuesday 22 June 2004 1:28 pm, Donald Thompson wrote:
>> Sorry I'm getting desperate...
>>
>> Whats the status on dm patches for 2.6.7? The patches available for
>> 2.6.7-rc3 (the latest I've been able to obtain) don't insert cleanly
>> into
>> a vanilla 2.6.7 and its looking like it might be very difficult to hand
>> patch the rejects. Due to security issues with 2.6.6, I'm very eager to
>> get the 2.6.7 kernel installed, but I'm held back due to a snapshot
>> requirement. I'm happy to test 'untested' patches if need be. If its a
>> matter of man hours to port the patches to 2.6.7, I can help with that
>> as
>> well, but being lazy I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if something is
>> already available or going to be soon.
>
> I would recommend simply grabbing the latest -bk or -mm patch for 2.6.7.
> Most
> of what you're interested in will be in that patch, and will be in 2.6.8
> whenever it is released. The only reason you'll need -udm at this point is
> if
> you are using/testing dm-multipath.
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.7-bk5.bz2

patch-2.6.7-bk6 worked. bk5 was not very stable for me, having problems
unrelated to lvm. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

-Don