Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:39:19 -0400 (EDT) | From | Chris Meadors <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devfs support for LVM |
| |
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > Yes. The userlevel tool can't handle other things without recompiling. > > Don't worry about that. I can add a rule to devfsd so it creates > appropriate compatibility entries.
But the userlevel tool needs fixed too. Recompiling is fine, as long as it is easy to configure, a config file might be nice also.
I know devfsd is nice and good, but I don't use it. At this point I have ALL my programs working without it.
> > I can't use /dev/lvm, too because this is the name of the control file > > without lvm (and the lvm tools will barf if this is a dircetory. > > Well, how about another directory name? Can you think of something > else that would be appropriate? And no, "LVM" is not on!
How about releasing a new version of the userlevel tools. Just list it as the required version in the Changes file. Have the new version check to see if /dev/lvm is a directory or file. It probally isn't the best idea to assume too much based on that fact, but it could be used as a basis for devfs vs. traditional /dev compatibility in one executable without needing a recompile.
> But we really should stop namespace pollution in /dev, and doing it > before 2.4 is released is the best time. In fact, given that this > patch has only gone in recently, I'd be inclined to go with the names > I suggested and just break the userspace tools. People have to expect > that things may change before a production kernel is released.
We just required a modutils upgrade. No one really complained. A few people (not many at all) cried about things breaking. But a quick pointer to the Changes file set them straight. So yes, do this now.
-Chris -- Two penguins were walking on an iceburg. The first one said to the second, "you look like you are wearing a tuxedo." The second one said, "I might be..." --David Lynch, Twin Peaks
- 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/
|  |