From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20571 invoked by alias); 28 May 2010 03:50:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 20555 invoked by uid 9805); 28 May 2010 03:50:19 -0000 Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 03:50:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20100528035019.20553.qmail@sourceware.org> From: snitzer@sourceware.org To: lvm-devel@redhat.com, lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2 ./WHATS_NEW ./WHATS_NEW_DM man/lvcreate.8.in Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-05/txt/msg00109.txt.bz2 CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: snitzer@sourceware.org 2010-05-28 03:50:19 Modified files: . : WHATS_NEW WHATS_NEW_DM man : lvcreate.8.in Log message: Add --type parameter description to the lvcreate man page. Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/WHATS_NEW.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.1599&r2=1.1600 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.374&r2=1.375 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.17&r2=1.18 --- LVM2/WHATS_NEW 2010/05/27 19:00:14 1.1599 +++ LVM2/WHATS_NEW 2010/05/28 03:50:15 1.1600 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Version 2.02.67 - =============================== - Document 'clear' in dmsetup man page. + Add --type parameter description to the lvcreate man page. Replace strncmp kernel version number checks with proper ones. Avoid selecting names under /dev/block if there is an alternative. Update clustered log kernel module name to log-userspace for 2.6.31 onwards. --- LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM 2010/05/27 15:02:56 1.374 +++ LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM 2010/05/28 03:50:15 1.375 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Version 1.02.49 - ================================ + Document 'clear' in dmsetup man page. Use expected union semun for arguments in selected semaphore operations. Version 1.02.48 - 17th May 2010 --- LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2010/03/26 22:15:43 1.17 +++ LVM2/man/lvcreate.8.in 2010/05/28 03:50:18 1.18 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ [\-n|\-\-name LogicalVolumeName] [\-p|\-\-permission r|rw] [\-r|\-\-readahead ReadAheadSectors|auto|none] [\-t|\-\-test] +[\-\-type SegmentType] [\-v|\-\-verbose] [\-Z|\-\-zero y|n] VolumeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath[:PE[-PE]]...] .br @@ -183,6 +184,14 @@ rate at which the snapshot data is growing so you can avoid running out of space. .TP +.I \-\-type SegmentType +Create a logical volume that uses the specified segment type +(e.g. "mirror", "snapshot", "striped"). Especially useful when no +existing commandline switch alias enables the use of the desired type +(e.g. "error" or "zero" types). Many segment types already have a +commandline switch alias that will enable their use (-s is an alias for +--type snapshot). +.TP .I \-\-virtualsize VirtualSize Create a sparse device of the given size (in MB by default) using a snapshot. Anything written to the device will be returned when reading from it.