[linux-lvm] device-mapper ioctl cmd 2 failed: Invalid argument

Tracy R Reed treed at copilotconsulting.com
Wed Sep 24 08:01:02 UTC 2003


On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:24:44AM -0500, Kevin Corry spake thusly:
> On Tuesday 23 September 2003 07:11, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:57:57PM -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote:
> > > I think I've got the latest everything:
> > > home:~# lvdisplay --version
> > >   Driver version:  1.0.6
> > >
> > > I've got the latest 2.6, the latest devmapper, the latest lvm userland
> > > tools from sistina... But snaps still don't work.
> >
> > Firstly, there's some versioning mix-up here, because the driver
> > in the 2.6 kernels is not 1.0.6.
> > Secondly, snapshots are not available under 2.6 yet, though the
> > implementation work is well-advanced.
> 
> Actually, if he didn't select the "ioctl interface version 4" option in the 
> kernel config, it will be version 1.0.6.

Ah, I didn't notice that config option or recognize the implications of
it. No snapshots in 2.6 eh? That's unfortunate. I keep trying to find a
working configuration with which to take snapshots and keep coming up
short. I guess I'll just have to wait a while longer. Thanks for the info!

-- 
Tracy Reed
http://copilotconsulting.com
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