From 47d071868691dfbe6fbf51b7228f2e50ed355591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Kergon Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:28:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs. --- INSTALL | 18 ++++++++++-------- README | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8f31c44..e8f9e42 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Device Mapper installation ./configure --with-kernel-dir=/usr/src/linux-2.4.19 -2) Patch, configure and build a new kernel containing device-mapper. +2) Patch, configure and build a new kernel containing device-mapper + (unless, of course, your kernel already contains device-mapper). If there is already a patch for your kernel and you gave 'configure' appropriate parameters in step 1, you can just run 'make apply-patches' @@ -83,12 +84,13 @@ Note if you are upgrading /dev/mapper was called /dev/device-mapper prior to 0.96.04. Consequently scripts/devmap_mknod.sh has been updated. -Notes about the 'proof of concept' filesystem interface -======================================================= -The filesystem interface has not been updated for several months, -requires an old kernel, and is missing lots of features. +Notes about the alternative filesystem interface +================================================ +The original 2.4 filesystem interface has not been updated for several +months, requires an old kernel, and is missing lots of features. -To experiment with it you should check out an old version from -CVS and then 'configure --with-interface=fs'. -You will need to mount dmfs. e.g. mount -t dmfs dmfs /dmfs +A new filesystem interface is under development for 2.5 kernels (and +will get back-ported to 2.4 if it's successful). +Look for "dmfs" patches at: + http://people.sistina.com/~thornber/patches/ diff --git a/README b/README index e9e29ce..921da7d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -This directory contains the device-mapper for the linux kernel. +This directory contains the the supporting userspace files (libdevmapper +and dmsetup) for the device-mapper (for all supported versions of the kernel). +The kernel patch for 2.4.19 is also included. For more information about the device mapper read the INTRO file. Installation instructions are in INSTALL. @@ -10,8 +12,8 @@ To access the CVS tree use: CVS password: cvs1 cvs -d :pserver:cvs@tech.sistina.com:/data/cvs checkout device-mapper -The kernel components are also available from the BitKeeper tree at: - http://device-mapper.bkbits.net:8080/2.4-stable/ +Additional patches (e.g. for development 2.5 kernels) may be found at: + http://people.sistina.com/~thornber/patches/ Mailing list for discussion/bug reports etc. lvm-devel@sistina.com -- 2.43.5