[PATCH] NEWS: Document recent virdevmapper fix

Michal Privoznik posted 1 patch 3 years, 8 months ago
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[PATCH] NEWS: Document recent virdevmapper fix
Posted by Michal Privoznik 3 years, 8 months ago
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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 NEWS.rst | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 63ca689b43..b80e72f8c6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased)
 
 * **Bug fixes**
 
+  * virdevmapper: Deal with kernels without DM support
+
+    In the previous release libvirt dropped libdevmapper in favor of its own
+    implementation. However, it forgot to deal with kernels that either don't
+    have device mapper enabled or the dm-mod module is not loaded yet. This is
+    now fixed.
+
 
 v6.6.0 (2020-08-02)
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2.26.2

Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document recent virdevmapper fix
Posted by Andrea Bolognani 3 years, 8 months ago
On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 13:14 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> +  * virdevmapper: Deal with kernels without DM support
> +
> +    In the previous release libvirt dropped libdevmapper in favor of its own
> +    implementation. However, it forgot to deal with kernels that either don't

s/forgot to deal/failed to deal correctly/

> +    have device mapper enabled or the dm-mod module is not loaded yet. This is

s/or the dm-mod/or where the dm-mod/

With the above addressed,

  Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization