Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:40:54 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.18-rc5-mm1, make oldconfig from 2.6.18-rc5 destroys LVM |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:49:04 -0400 "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org> wrote:
> > Andrew, > > When I do a make oldconfig under 2.6.18-rc5-mm1, with my working > 2.6.18-rc5 .config file (appended below), all the LVM and MD stuff > gets blown away silently. It looks like the drivers/md/Kconfig didn't > get updated properly when it was tweaked, possibly the new options to > get rid of BLOCK devices, or the ripping out of LVM1 stuff. > > It looks like instead of 'if CONFIG_BLOCK' at the top, it just needs > to be 'if BLOCK' instead.
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc5/2.6.18-rc5-mm1/hot-fixes/ contains a fix for this.
> And I'd really suggest that it NOT be this silly name BLOCK, something > more meaningful, like USE_BLOCK_DEVICES or something equally useful to > parse.
mm... I think CONFIG_BLOCK is a reasonable compromise between the needs for brevity and understandability.
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