Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757506Ab0HNQQ0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:16:26 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:63957 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757430Ab0HNQQZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:16:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:16:17 +0100 From: Alasdair G Kergon To: Jeff Chua Cc: device-mapper development , lkml , lvm-devel@redhat.com Subject: Re: [dm-devel] linux-2.6.35+ causes LVM to fail with " device-mapper: version ioctl failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device" Message-ID: <20100814161617.GK26032@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Chua , device-mapper development , lkml , lvm-devel@redhat.com References: <20100814155401.GJ26032@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100814155401.GJ26032@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered in England and Wales, number 03798903. Registered Office: Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 655 Lines: 15 On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 04:54:01PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > The only one there possibly relevant is 7e507eb6432afdd798d4c6dccf949b8c43ef151c. I'm guessing you could have a configuration not covered by the latest userspace libdevmapper - not handling some combination of kernel+userspace+initrd packages correctly. We already dealt with one udev+initrd combination that failed last week. Alasdair -- 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/