Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:37:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:37:28 -0500 Received: from inet-mail4.oracle.com ([148.87.2.204]:6117 "EHLO inet-mail4.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:37:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:47:23 -0800 From: Joel Becker To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Erik Hensema , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: LVM/Device mapper breaks with -mm (was: Re: 2.5.66-mm1) Message-ID: <20030326184723.GM19670@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <20030326013839.0c470ebb.akpm@digeo.com> <20030326134834.GA11173@win.tue.nl> <20030326160350.GA11190@win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030326160350.GA11190@win.tue.nl> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 29 On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 05:03:50PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > With sufficiently recent user space utilities all > should work: they can find out the interface version > using the DM_VERSION ioctl, and then adapt what > they send to the kernel. We need to start tracking down what userspace needs fixing still. We also should iron out our representations. eg, hpa's recommendation for 64bits, or the 12/20 split for 32bit, or etc. Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #451 "Don't be afraid to say, 'I'm sorry.'" Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 - 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/