Re: [Aoetools-discuss] Resize AoE volume

[Don H. <Don...@pm...>]

Hey Sam,

  Any chance of you posting the patch to aoetools-discuss now? :)

Cheers,

don


-----Original Message-----
From: aoe...@li... [mailto:aoe...@li...] On Behalf Of Sam Hopkins
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:33 PM
To: tr...@ul...; Don Hiatt
Cc: aoe...@li...
Subject: Re: [Aoetools-discuss] Resize AoE volume

>> The /dev/ entry (for all clients on the network) is created the very 
>> first time you run vblade on a host and never changes again. You will 
>> either have to reboot all the clients, or if you have compiled AoE as 
>> a module simply rmmod aoe and then insmod aoe.
> 
> The /dev entry is just a device file. What does it have to do with the 
> size of the actual block device? Rebooting is a serious drag and not 
> acceptable in a production environment. I have aoe compiled as a 
> module but when your root is mounted via AoE you can not rmmod it.

Indeed.  We are in the process of updating the kernel.org aoe driver so that users who elect to compile in the driver for their 2.6 kernel do not have this stumbling block.  The patches went to the lkml on Friday and are currently under review.

Cheers,

Sam