From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
To: List User <lists@chaven.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Any reason why we can't auto-start LVM (vg's) in the kernel?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:14:04 -0700 (MST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200102010114.f111E4213892@webber.adilger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <033201c08be7$d8e22760$160912ac@stcostlnds2zxj> from List User at "Jan 31, 2001 06:42:20 pm"
Steve, writes:
> Is there any reason why we can't auto-detect/bring up volume-groups in the
> kernel instead of creating a ramdisk volume to do a vgscan and then mount a
> rootlv?
Um, yes, because it won't work. The user tools do the I/O of LVM state
information to the disk. The kernel LVM module has no concept of how
LVM information is stored on disk.
> Just trying to see if there is a way (or would make sense) to skip the
> ramdisk stage in mounting a root logical volume.
Need to re-write (or at least seriously enhance) the LVM kernel code to do
this. Sorry.
Cheers, Andreas
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 0:37 Keyboard Scancode Problems Udo A. Steinberg
2001-02-01 0:42 ` Any reason why we can't auto-start LVM (vg's) in the kernel? List User
2001-02-01 1:14 ` Andreas Dilger [this message]
2001-02-01 18:55 ` Keyboard Scancode Problems Pierre Rousselet
2001-02-02 7:11 ` Stefan Frank
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