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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] devfs support for LVM
    On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 04:41:26PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
    > Christoph Hellwig writes:
    > > Hi Linus,
    > > I've updated my devfs for lvm patch to 2.4.0-test8pre.
    > > Here it is.
    > [...]
    > > + lvm_devfs_handle = devfs_register(
    > > + 0 , "lvm", 0, 0, LVM_CHAR_MAJOR,
    >
    > Does this really have to go into /dev rather than a subdirectory?

    Yes. The userlevel tool can't handle other things without recompiling.
    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.

    Christoph

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