Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2000 22:11:52 +0000 | From | (Heinz J. Mauelshagen) | Subject | Re: /proc/partitions for LVM |
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 04:05:39PM -0500, Brian Kress wrote: > Question about /proc/partitions and LVM. LVM devices in > /proc/partitions currently show up as lvma, lvmb, etc, depending on > their device number. This breaks things like mount by filesystem > name. Back when LVM existed as a patch, I believe there was some > support in fs/partitions/check.c for showing the proper name for > the device (something like <vgname>/<lvname>).
Yes. It actually was <vgname>/<lvname>.
Linus didn't accept it though.
The code is still available in case he changes his mind.
> Are their any plans for something like this to be added > or is their a reason it was taken out? > > > BTW, 2.4.0-test11 is the first "perfect" kernel for me. It > finally has everything I use working correctly. (well, with a > small raid5 patch, anyway). > > > Brian Kress > kressb@fsc-usa.com > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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Regards, Heinz -- The LVM guy --
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