Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751560Ab3EXK64 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2013 06:58:56 -0400 Received: from smtp2.macqel.be ([194.78.208.39]:24885 "EHLO smtp2.macqel.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750947Ab3EXK6z (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2013 06:58:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:52 +0200 From: Philippe De Muyter To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Karel Zak , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Add aix lvm partitions support files Message-ID: <20130524105852.GA26617@frolo.macqel> References: <1367270313-18871-1-git-send-email-phdm@macqel.be> <1367270313-18871-3-git-send-email-phdm@macqel.be> <20130520163927.8e4c2fe753b60a02c368ceb5@linux-foundation.org> <20130521072754.GB19266@frolo.macqel> <20130524100452.GA15570@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130524100452.GA15570@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1193 Lines: 23 On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 06:04:52AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 09:27:54AM +0200, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > AIX LVM permits to make "logical volumes" which are made of multiple slices > > of multiple disks. The new code allows only access to the "logical volumes" > > which are made of one slice on the probed disk, a slice being a contiguous > > disk area. The code also detects "logical volumes" made of multiple slices > > on the probed disk, but can not describe them to the partition layer, because > > the partition layer generic code does not support that. When such > > non-contiguous "logical volumes" are detected, a diagnostic message is > > printed. > > This very much screams like it should be implemented in the lvm2 > userspace package using the dm kernel driver. Is lvm2 a generic tool for discovering foreign partition layouts, or it is about one linux-specific lvm implementation ? Philippe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/