[linux-lvm] Problem at compiling kernel 2.4.18 with lvm 1.0.7

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:54:11PM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote:
> Hello Heinz,
> 
> 
> Yes I did.
> And so as far as I understood, it is not possible with the Suse release
> of the 2.4.18 kernel and the LVM 1.0.7 patch to get it compiled. Is that
> right?

Likely (we do support mainline kernels only).

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --


> 
> 
> Krisztian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com]On
> Behalf Of Heinz J . Mauelshagen
> Sent: Freitag, 31. Oktober 2003 11:28
> To: linux-lvm at sistina.com
> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem at compiling kernel 2.4.18 with lvm
> 1.0.7
> 
> 
> Krisztian,
> 
> you said you used the SuSE 2.4.18 source ?
> Get a mainline source and retry patching/compiling.
> 
> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 11:59:34AM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote:
> > Hello Heinz,
> > 
> > 
> > no I haven't, because till now I ever patched my kernels with any of
> the
> > LVM versions I chose to compile the kernel by myself. And it was ok.
> > This is the first time that I get a compilation error like this.
> > 
> > Can we fix the problem somehow, that I can compile then kernel with
> the
> > LVM patch 1.0.7?
> > 
> > Because to tell the truth I don't really rely on that rpm from suse,
> > since I had big troubles with an apache rpm, and finaly it turned out
> > that there was a failure in it, and when I compiled apache from the
> > source it was ok.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks a lot
> > 
> > Krisztian
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com
> [mailto:linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com]On
> > Behalf Of Heinz J . Mauelshagen
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2003 11:24
> > To: linux-lvm at sistina.com
> > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem at compiling kernel 2.4.18 with lvm
> > 1.0.7
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Krisztian,
> > 
> > running the SuSE LVM rpm with the SuSE kernel should work fine.
> > Have you tried that yet ?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 01:19:26PM +0100, Krisztian Gyoerffy wrote:
> > > Hi LVM friends,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have problems with the following scenario:
> > > 
> > > - I use SuSE linux 7.1 (I know, this might be a bit old, but I
> follow
> > > the rule "never touch a running system") with kernel 2.4.16 and lvm
> > > 1.0.7
> > > 
> > > - Since SuSE rolled out the latest kernel for 7.1 and I would like
> to
> > > keep my OS up to date I installed the 2.4.18 kernel source from SuSE
> > on
> > > my machine
> > > 
> > > - I tried to patch the kernel with the LVM 1.0.7, so I executed
> > exactly
> > > the steps written in INSTALL and PATCH/README. Everything was ok
> > > 
> > > - Then I configured the rest of the kernel and tried to compile. But
> > > after a while, when it was compiling the LVM stuff, it stopped
> > compiling
> > > with the following message:
> > > 
> > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/include -Wall
> > > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
> > -fno-common
> > > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
> > > -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lvm  -c -o lvm.o lvm.c
> > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/include -Wall
> > > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
> > -fno-common
> > > -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686
> > > -DKBUILD_BASENAME=lvm_snap  -c -o lvm-snap.o lvm-snap.c
> > > lvm-snap.c: In function `lvm_snapshot_COW':
> > > lvm-snap.c:365: structure has no member named `blocks'
> > > make[3]: *** [lvm-snap.o] Error 1
> > > make[3]: Leaving directory 
> > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers/md'
> > > make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory 
> > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers/md'
> > > make[1]: *** [_subdir_md] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> > > `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18.SuSE/drivers'
> > > make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
> > > 
> > > Afterwards I looked into the patch file, and into the lvm-snap.c at
> > the
> > > given position, line 365. There is the reference to the "blocks"
> > > variable of the iobuf structure. This iobuf structure is defined in
> > the
> > > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/iobuf.h header file. But this header
> file
> > > is completly different in the source of the 2.4.18 kernel than in
> the
> > > source of the 2.4.16 kernel, where the patch and compiling were ok.
> > > 
> > > Do you have any idea what can I do to get it compiled?
> > > 
> > > I attach the lvm patch file generated by make and the iobuf.h file
> for
> > > both versions 2.4.16 and 2.4.18.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hope to hear from you soon, and thanks in advance
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Krisztian
> > > 

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