Re: [Patch 3/5] dm: make v4 of the ioctl interface the default

[Kevin Corry]

On Tuesday 25 November 2003 11:16, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Kevin Corry wrote:
>
>   	---help---
> -	  Recent tools use a new version of the ioctl interface, only
> -          select this option if you intend using such tools.
> +	  Recent tools use this new version of the ioctl interface. Only
> +	  select N for this option if you use out-of-date tools that weren't
> +	  compiled for this interface (e.g. LVM2 prior to v2.00.00).
>
> Actually, I don't think LVM2 uses the device mapper ioctls at all; it
> use libdevmapper which calls the ioctls on its behalf.

True. I imagine Joe will know the exact version numbers of LVM2 and 
libdevmapper that require the old interface. I believe the version I 
mentioned is from the appropriate time-frame, though.

-- 
Kevin Corry
kevcorry@xxxxxxxxxx
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