Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264337AbUD0U2R (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:28:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264334AbUD0U2Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:28:16 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:41187 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264330AbUD0U2O (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:28:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:28:13 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.6-rc2-bk3 (and earlier?) mount problem (? Message-ID: <20040427202813.GA17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040427002323.GW17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040427010748.GY17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <1083070293.30344.116.camel@watt.suse.com> <20040427140533.GI14129@stingr.net> <20040427183410.GZ17014@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040427200459.GJ14129@stingr.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040427200459.GJ14129@stingr.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1255 Lines: 29 On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:04:59AM +0400, Paul P Komkoff Jr wrote: > > Excuse me? The damn thing had found nothing. However, it didn't care > > to release the devices it had claimed - hadn't even closed them, as the > > matter of fact. That's a clear and obvious bug, regardless of any > > disagreements. > > As far as I can see from here, evms parsed partition table, called > dmsetup several times and created corresponding nodes in /dev/evms. ... without saying anything? > Logic is easy - evms trying to concentrate block device management > into its own hands, but we have in-kernel partitioning code to > consider ... How nice of them. Well, AFAICS that means a) either kernel side of the things or the userland tools should printk/syslog - at least that evms device had been set up b) any distribution that runs this from initrd/init scripts would better take care of having sane fstab. c) nobody sane should put that as default. Oh, wait, it's gentoo we are talking about? Nevermind, then. - 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/