LVM2 and uClibc on MIPS

[Stefan Monnier]

> Before I try to dig any deeper, are recent versions of LVM2 known to
> work with uClibc (0.9.29)?  The lvm2.spec file seems to take special
> precautions on some platforms.  What problems are they trying
> to circumvent?

FWIW, I've found a way to fix/workaround the problem: pass
the --disable-o_direct flag to `configure'.  Apparently this is also
needed for glibc (at least Debian's package uses that flag as well on
mips&arm&hppa) and is most likely a problem in the kernel.


        Stefan