[linux-lvm] lvcreate segfault in vg_setup_pointers_for_snapshots

[svetljo]

>
>Actually no, you _should_ be able to use different kernel and tools
>together _provided_ that the IOP version is the same.  Conversely,
>no changes should be made to the tools which break the IOP verion
>(either by forcing it to change under 2.4 kernels if it is not needed,
>or by changing the data structures and NOT updating the IOP version).
>
so i'm wrong

>>in the case with 0.9.1beta7,
>>i didn't know that it is possible to use any lvm code prior lvm-1.0.1rc1
>>( the min -max changes in linus's 2.4.9 -- the reason for lvm-1.0.1rc1)
>>and thats making me to think that you didn't patch the kernel,
>>the plain kernel comes with lvm-0.9.1beta2
>>so see again the begining 
>>
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>The min/max issues are easily fixed (and have been reverted in 2.4.10).
>Also, the tool version and kernel version SHOULD NOT need to match
>exactly (that's what IOP is for).
>
i ment he could not patch cleanly vanila 2.4.9 with lvm-0.9.1beta7, and 
he is using beta7 tools with beta2 kernel code