[patch] The patch I'm using to fix the device node problem now

checkfs-create-node-v3.patch (text/plain), 1.77 KB, created by BlaisorBlade on 2005-02-04 10:30:41 UTC

--- ./checkfs.noCreateNode	2005-01-04 20:30:22.000000000 +0100
+++ ./checkfs	2005-01-31 19:29:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -173,13 +173,52 @@
 		then
 			ebegin "Setting up the Logical Volume Manager"
 			#still echo stderr for debugging
-			/sbin/vgscan >/dev/null
-			if [ "$?" -eq 0 ] && [ -x /sbin/vgchange ] && \
+			echo -n Before vgscan:
+			[ -e /dev/mapper/control ] && echo "Node exists" || \
+			echo "Node doesn't exist"
+			/sbin/vgscan
+			echo Vgscan returned $?
+			echo -n After vgscan:
+			[ -e /dev/mapper/control ] && echo "Node exists" || \
+			echo "Node doesn't exist"
+			#My patch (-e to check existence, -f would check being a regular
+			#file!)
+#			for ((i = 0; i < 4; i++))
+#			do
+#					if [ ! -e /dev/mapper/control ]
+#					then
+#							sleep 1
+#					fi
+#			done
+#			[ -e /dev/mapper/control ] && echo "Node exists" || \
+#			echo "Node doesn't exist"
+
+			# Get major, minor, and mknod
+			MAJOR=$(sed -n 's/^ *\([0-9]\+\) \+misc$/\1/p' /proc/devices)
+			MINOR=$(sed -n "s/^ *\([0-9]\+\) \+device-mapper\$/\1/p" /proc/misc)
+
+			if test -z "$MAJOR" -o -z "$MINOR" ; then
+				eend 1 "$DM_NAME kernel module not loaded: can't create $CONTROL."
+			fi
+
+			mkdir -p --mode=755 /dev/mapper
+			rm -f /dev/mapper/control
+			mknod -m 0660 /dev/mapper/control c $MAJOR $MINOR
+			unset MAJOR MINOR
+			#Modified version
+			if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ] && \
 			   [ -f /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm ]
+			#if [ "$?" -eq 0 ] && [ -x /sbin/vgchange ] && \
+			#   [ -f /etc/lvmtab -o -d /etc/lvm ]
+			##End my patch
 			then
-				/sbin/vgchange -a y >/dev/null
+				echo Before vgchange
+				/sbin/vgchange -a y
+				ret=$?
+				#/sbin/vgchange -a y >/dev/null
+				echo After vgchange
 			fi
-			eend $? "Failed to setup the LVM"
+			eend $ret "Failed to setup the LVM"
 		fi
 	fi