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Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:52 +0200 From: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@...qel.be> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Add aix lvm partitions support files On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 06:04:52AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 09:27:54AM +0200, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > AIX LVM permits to make "logical volumes" which are made of multiple slices > > of multiple disks. The new code allows only access to the "logical volumes" > > which are made of one slice on the probed disk, a slice being a contiguous > > disk area. The code also detects "logical volumes" made of multiple slices > > on the probed disk, but can not describe them to the partition layer, because > > the partition layer generic code does not support that. When such > > non-contiguous "logical volumes" are detected, a diagnostic message is > > printed. > > This very much screams like it should be implemented in the lvm2 > userspace package using the dm kernel driver. Is lvm2 a generic tool for discovering foreign partition layouts, or it is about one linux-specific lvm implementation ? Philippe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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