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On Saturday 28 February 2004 12:50, Kevin wrote: |
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> Hi All- |
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> It looks to me like the subject module is absent from |
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> vanilla kernel sources (not Gentoo, but real vanilla |
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> kernels). But I see that Gentoo kernel packages have |
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> it. |
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device mapper hasn't been and won't be in vanilla |
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> Can someone tell me how to get the kernel patch (if |
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> that's what it is) to make this module and use it with |
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> a plain vanilla kernel? |
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> I've found this site |
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> (http://people.sistina.com/~thornber/dm/), but is that |
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> the authoritative source for this? |
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yes, that is the place to get device mapper patches |
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> I'd like to use |
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> this on a Gentoo box, but I'd like to build my own |
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> kernel from scratch and would like to avoid any |
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> incompatibilities between my Gentoo box and my |
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> self-built vanilla kernel as I will probably switch |
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> between my kernel and a Gentoo kernel from time to |
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> time. |
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you can try xfs-sources, it's got much less patches (less chances for |
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something to go wrong), and has device mapper already in it |
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> Also, how many other kernel patches (and which ones) do |
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> the Gentoo kernel packages contain (that differ from |
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> the standard linux kernel sources)? |
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gentoo-sources has over 100 patches, it would take a long time to list what |
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the all do |
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> TIA. |
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> -Kevin |
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