%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ device-mapper-&Device-mapper-version; device-mapper Introduction to device-mapper The device-mapper package is an implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout in user-space. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &Device-mapper-md5sum; Download size: &Device-mapper-size; Estimated disk space required: &Device-mapper-buildsize; Estimated build time: &Device-mapper-time; User Notes: Installation of device-mapper Install device-mapper by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pkgconfig && make device-mapper The device-mapper portion of this package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install_device-mapper Command Explanations --enable-pkgconfig: This parameter installs pkgconfig support. : This option builds the device-mapper event daemon. : This option builds the shared command library. It is required when building the daemon. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories dmeventd and dmsetup libdevmapper-event.so and libdevmapper.so None Short Descriptions dmsetup is a low level logical volume management tool. dmsetup libdevmapper.so contains the device-mapper API functions. libdevmapper.so