True, we aim to replace the LVM1 driver with device-mapper in 2.5, which we
strongly believe to be a first step to generic volume management in the kernel.
Feel free to blame us that we didn't have more capacity to
make it happen earlier ;-)
device-mapper is in the -ac kernel since last week. Thanks Alan.
Please have a look at the rather small amount of clean code.
>
> The larger question of volume management should have been addressed
> before this whole mess happened. It really was, but LVM1 maintenance was
> somewhat abandoned in favor of device mapper, and now it's broken, and
> the holy wars are upon us again because many are in fear of losing
> functionality important to them (at least the ubiquitous nature of the
> functonality), and there is panic.
There's no need to be afraid because device-mapper and the LVM2 tools offer
a compatible path _now_ supporting all given LVM1 configurations.
The device-mapper code has already been merged by Alan (which is a very good
approval IMNSHO) and is rather easy to overlook.
Please help us and have a look...
>
> > Now that Al has sorted out lots of the block device mess in 2.5
> > I will work together with whoever is interested in it (i.e. the EVMS
> > folks) to integrate proper higher-level volume-management into
> > the kernel once the next unstable series opens.
>
> I look forward to it. In spite of my personal goals on this, I do
> appreciate your pickiness.
>
> > Coing up with lots of code just before feature freeze is just not the way
> > infrastructure work is done Linux.
>
> I just wish there were less veto-esque ways to handle EVMS in *-stable.
>
> --
> Shawn Leas
> core@enodev.com
>
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> The weatherman on TV was confused. "It was supposed to be hot
> today."
> -- Stephen Wright
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