--- linux-2.4.26-rc1/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Mar 31 13:38:28 2004 +++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Mar 31 13:45:41 2004 @@ -1923,6 +1923,20 @@ want), say M here and read . The module will be called lvm-mod.o. +Device-mapper support +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM + Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing + people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various + mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own + modules containing custom mappings if they wish. + + Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver. + + If you want to compile this as a module, say M here and read + . The module will be called dm-mod.o. + + If unsure, say N. + Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) CONFIG_MD Support multiple physical spindles through a single logical device. --- linux-2.4.26-rc1/MAINTAINERS Wed Mar 31 13:38:25 2004 +++ linux/MAINTAINERS Wed Mar 31 13:45:41 2004 @@ -587,6 +587,13 @@ W: http://www.debian.org/~dz/i8k/ S: Maintained +DEVICE MAPPER +P: Joe Thornber +M: dm-devel@redhat.com +L: dm-devel@redhat.com +W: http://sources.redhat.com/dm +S: Maintained + DEVICE NUMBER REGISTRY P: H. Peter Anvin M: hpa@zytor.com --- linux-2.4.26-rc1/drivers/md/Config.in Wed Mar 31 13:38:56 2004 +++ linux/drivers/md/Config.in Wed Mar 31 13:45:41 2004 @@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ dep_tristate ' Multipath I/O support' CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD dep_tristate ' Logical volume manager (LVM) support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM $CONFIG_MD +dep_tristate ' Device-mapper support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM $CONFIG_MD +dep_tristate ' Mirror (RAID-1) support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_MIRROR $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM endmenu