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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-download-http " ">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-download-ftp "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/LVM2.&LVM2-version;.tgz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-md5sum "72e3d66dc42aaf67dca475196a113528">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-size "833 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-buildsize "7 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY Device-mapper-time "0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="Device-mapper" xreflabel="Device-mapper-&Device-mapper-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="Device-mapper.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Device-mapper-&Device-mapper-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="Device-mapper">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Device-mapper">Device-mapper</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Device-mapper</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Device-mapper</application> package is an
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| 33 | implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles volume
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| 34 | management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout in
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| 35 | user-space.</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&Device-mapper-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&Device-mapper-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &Device-mapper-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &Device-mapper-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &Device-mapper-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &Device-mapper-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 60 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Device-mapper"/></para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </sect2>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 65 | <title>Installation of Device-mapper</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para>Install <application>Device-mapper</application> by running the following
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| 68 | commands:</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 71 | --enable-pkgconfig &&
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| 72 | make device-mapper</userinput></screen>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <!-- Note, there is a test suite (make check), but it is for LVM2 -->
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install_device-mapper</userinput></screen>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 85 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para><parameter>--enable-pkgconfig</parameter>: This parameter installs
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| 88 | pkgconfig support.</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para><option>--enable-dmeventd</option>: This option builds the
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| 91 | device-mapper event daemon.</para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para><option>--enable-cmdlib</option>: This option builds the shared
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| 94 | command library. It is required when building the daemon.</para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <!-- TODO FIXME Need to create a boot script for dmeventd (devmapper-event)
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| 99 | According to CBLFS, only needed in very specific situations.
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 102 | <title>Configuring Device-mapper</title>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <sect3 id="Device-mapper-init">
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| 105 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para>To automatically start the <command>Device-mapper</command> daemon
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| 108 | when the system is rebooted, install the
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| 109 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/Device-mapper</filename>
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| 110 | bootscript from the
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| 111 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="Device-mapper Device-mapper-init">
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| 114 | <primary sortas="f-Device-mapper">Device-mapper</primary>
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| 115 | </indexterm>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-device-mapper</userinput></screen>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | </sect3>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | -->
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 126 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <segmentedlist>
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| 129 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 130 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <seglistitem>
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| 134 | <seg>dmeventd and dmsetup</seg>
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| 135 | <seg>libdevmapper-event.so and libdevmapper.so</seg>
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| 136 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 137 | </seglistitem>
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| 138 | </segmentedlist>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <variablelist>
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 143 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="dmsetup">
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| 146 | <term><command>dmsetup</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>is a low level logical volume management tool.</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="Device-mapper dmsetup">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-dmsetup">dmsetup</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="libdevmapper">
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| 156 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libdevmapper.so</filename></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>contains the <application>Device-mapper</application> API
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| 159 | functions.</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="Device-mapper libdevmapper">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="c-libdevmapper">libdevmapper.so</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | </variablelist>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | </sect2>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | </sect1>
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