Messages in this thread | | | From | Kevin Corry <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 3/5] dm: make v4 of the ioctl interface the default | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:28:04 -0600 |
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On Tuesday 25 November 2003 11:16, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > Kevin Corry wrote: > > ---help--- > - Recent tools use a new version of the ioctl interface, only > - select this option if you intend using such tools. > + Recent tools use this new version of the ioctl interface. Only > + select N for this option if you use out-of-date tools that weren't > + compiled for this interface (e.g. LVM2 prior to v2.00.00). > > Actually, I don't think LVM2 uses the device mapper ioctls at all; it > use libdevmapper which calls the ioctls on its behalf.
True. I imagine Joe will know the exact version numbers of LVM2 and libdevmapper that require the old interface. I believe the version I mentioned is from the appropriate time-frame, though.
-- Kevin Corry kevcorry@us.ibm.com http://evms.sourceforge.net/
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