Bug#436964: Bug in 2.4 kernels with latest lvm2
reassign 436964 lvm2
found 436964 2.02.06-4
severity 436964 serious
tags 436964 etch
thanks
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 06:51:30PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 8/9/07, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 03:01:43PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > Package: Kernel
> > > Version: 2.4.27-3-sparc64-smp
> > > I had a server go down during a power outage and upon rebooting, lvm
> > > failed to work (2.4 kernel). I could access the PVs, VGs, and LVs ok,
> > > but I could not activate the VG. Attempting to activate the VG
> > > resulted in this error:
> > Which version of lvm2 are you referring to as the "latest"? This bug report
> > is not useful in its current state; either the bug lies in the lvm2 package
> > in etch for depending on features not compatible with 2.4 kernels, or this
> > is user error and not a bug at all because you're trying to use packages
> > newer than etch with a 2.4 kernel which is not supported at all.
> This box is still sarge.
Except clearly it's not, because you have etch versions of lvm2,
libdevmapper1.02, and dmsetup installed.
> lvm2 2.02.06-4
> libdevmapper1.02 2:1.02.05-2.1 through 2:1.02.12-1
> dmsetup 2:1.02.05-2.1 through 2:1.02.12-1
> lvm2 used to work. I've kept the box upgraded consistently, but it
> hadn't been rebooted in quite a while, When the power went out and
> the box rebooted lvm stopped working. presumably something lvm
> related.
Etch userspace packages are expected to be compatible with the 2.4 kernels
in sarge. In cases where they aren't this is a bug in etch, not in sarge;
even if someone was inclined to do an ABI-changing, oldstable upload of the
2.4 kernel for a non-security bug, there's no guarantee at all that users
will install that package before attempting an upgrade to etch, so the only
reliable way to deal with the problem is on the etch side.
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