Comments from original patch for 2.5.3: from URL http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=evms-devel&m=112887246404441&w=2
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] List: evms-devel Subject: [Evms-devel] [PATCH] 2.5.3 device-mapper input From:Date: 2005-10-09 15:22:10 Message-ID: 20051009142313.TJFF8556.aamta10-winn.ispmail.ntl.com () smtp ! ntlworld ! com [Download message RAW] Hi, Some of you may find this interesting a patch against evms 2.5.3 to enable device-mapper devices for input into evms This is useful for things such as layering evms on top of dmraid and dm-crypt without \ the need for loop back devices (I've tried this with dmraid and I think this should \ also work for dm-crypt) I'm posting this from a web-mail system at the moment so I \ hope the patch gets through okay a better approach would probably be to have a seperate plugin to control the aspects \ of device-mapper raid / crypt within evms perhaps as some form of region layer but at \ the moment I'm trying to see if I can write a reiser4 plugin only device mapper targets stated in the new config section will be picked up (no \ wildcards) devices will show up with a prefix of dm/ it's best to specify the entire disk target and let evms determine the seperate \ partitions for itself it may even be possible to layer an evms volume on top of another evms volume \ (assuming your crazy enough to try) but I wouldn't advise it :) ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information ["evms-2.5.3-userdm-0.1.patch" (text/x-patch)] [... then the patch followed ...] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Evms-devel mailing list Evms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe/unsubscribe, please visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/evms-devel [prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]