From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 02:40:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923B816A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AEA043D49 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBPAe1FR085579 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBPAe1E4085578; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:40:01 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200312251040.hBPAe1E4085578@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, William Dell Wisner Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0729E16A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:37:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9BD43D55 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:37:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBPAb7dL026934 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:37:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBPAb741026933; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:37:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200312251037.hBPAb741026933@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:37:07 -0800 (PST) From: William Dell Wisner To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.0 Subject: kern/60555: can no longer use vinum volumes for swap X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:40:03 -0000 >Number: 60555 >Category: kern >Synopsis: can no longer use vinum volumes for swap >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 25 02:40:00 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: William Dell Wisner >Release: 5.2-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD prost.limitless.co.uk 5.2-RC FreeBSD 5.2-RC #0: Tue Dec 23 22:50:28 GMT 2003 wisner@prost.limitless.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Sometime since 5.1-RELEASE, it has become impossible to use a vinum volume as a swap device. Attempts to mount a vinum volume as swap yield the error: swapon: /dev/vinum/swap: Operation not supported by device. The upshot is that anybody using vinum for swap who upgrades to 5.2 will lose access to swap devices. This problem was discussed three months ago on the freebsd-current mailing list (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2003-September/011233.html). I have marked this bug as high priority because if (as seems quite likely) it is not fixed for 5.2-RELEASE, it needs to be documented so that sites with such a configuration know of the problem before attempting to upgrade. I was caught flat-footed by this, and would have been even more so if it had been an important production server I upgraded. >How-To-Repeat: Try to activate a vinum volume as a swap device. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: