Re: [gentoo-user] how to match kernel and udev/lvm2 ?

[Jeremy McSpadden]

Check to see if you have CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 enabled in kernel.
zgrep CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 /proc/config.gz


On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

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> edit: didn't get through at first try?
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> *WARNING*  ---- old stuff mentioned, pls don't say "get up to date"
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> ;-)
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> greets,
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> another special question today:
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> I had an issue w/ a customer server yesterday.
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> It still runs kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 due to the fact that they still
> run vmware-server-1.0.8.126538 and the related modules.
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> Back then I figured out that newer vmware-modules wouldn't compile w/
> newer kernels ... and so on.
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> In fact they don't want to spend money on upgrading (vmware-server etc)
> because there will be a new and shiny server later this year.
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> But the guy asked me if we could swap harddrives to add space, and
> increase the LVM volume group etc.
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> I said yes .. and upgraded stuff like udev and lvm2 a few weeks ago,
> just in case and to have the latest releases. It hit us yesterday when
> he swapped a fan and at reboot udev didn't create proper sdX and mdX
> devices anymore ...
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> So I had to downgrade udev and lvm2 again to fit that ancient kernel. I
> used genlop to check which versions were installed at the time the last
> successful boot had happened.
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> Right now I have:
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> sys-fs/udev-124-r2
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> sys-fs/lvm2-2.02-56-r2
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> yep, old.
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> The question: how to find out (without much trial and error) which
> releases of udev and lvm2 are the best/newest to use with that kernel?
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> I don't want too much old bugs in the box on one hand while on the other
> hand I have to mask pkgs to keep it running.
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> Maybe one of you has a hint for me.
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> Thanks in advance, best regards, Stefan
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