On Jan 1 2008 10:54, Gene Heskett wrote: > >BUT! This defeats a fix I've had in my modprobe.conf for over a year now that >gave the LVM stuff a stable major device # of 238, and now my LVM major is >back to whatever mood the kernel is in, in this particular bootup case to >#253. > >It may now be stable for a bit at that number because I see that pktcdvd has >been given a stable address of its own, apparently with a major of 10. That >was the wedgie that fscked things up originally for me. But what else lurks >in the deep end of this experimental pool, to play piranna with us again when >we least expect it?
Why exactly would you require a fixed major - not running udev or thelike? Use the boot parameter, dm_mod.major=238. >This drives tar up a wall because it uses this device number as part of the >file comparisons it does, and it thinks everything is therefore new and needs >a full level 0 backup. This is not at all practical, and requires that I wonder how FreeBSD gets around this, because they've got dynamic numbers everywhere. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
