Thank you, Andy. I tried to apply the patch you guys mentioned by compiling the module following instructions at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules#head-d2e4c05886f94c701e4ae74387d41d8c40c25d01, but it didn't work. I've been struggling with it for the last 8 hours and no luck so far. I really don't know what's wrong. I'm not a linux kernel developer and I'm most likely failing because of something stupid. I know this must not the right place to ask for help on such matters, but if you guys could shed some light here, I'd really appreciate that. Well, if you're up to it, here's the situation: Looks like the module compilation worked (no errors or warnings occurred when I followed the instructions at the centos wiki), but I'm unable to load the new module to my running kernel. I even copied the compiled and patched module to /lib/modules/2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/ (overwrote the original) and /lib/modules/2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64/extra and rebooted the instance... Also, dmesg does not complain about a thing... *# modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.ko * *filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.ko * *alias: xenblk* *alias: xen:vbd* *alias: block-major-202-** *license: GPL* *description: Xen virtual block device frontend* *srcversion: B00B4183E470515A96DA320* *depends: * *vermagic: 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions * *parm: sda_is_xvda:sdX in guest config translates to xvdX, not xvd(X+4) (bool)* * * *# uname -r* *2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64* I also tried to remove the module and insert the patched one with insmod, but modprobe and rmmod are unable to unload it. They say it's in use. *# lsmod |grep blkfront* *xen_blkfront 15495 1 * I don't know what this "1" stands for, but if I were to guess, I'd say it's something unremovable... Please let me know if you need any other information. Thanks, Luis Alen www.izap.com.br Ligue com tarifa local de todo o Brasil 4020.3000 On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Andy Grimm <agrimm at gmail.com> wrote: > See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729586 > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Luis Fernando Alen <luis.alen at izap.com.br > > wrote: > >> Hello, list. >> >> Yesterday I was pleased to see that Centos has released official images >> at the aws marketplace. Nice job. >> >> Today I started playing with the Centos 6.3 image ( >> https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00A6L6F9I, on which I plan to >> deploy a gluster cluster in production soon) and noticed a weird thing. >> >> EBS Volumes attached to sd<X> are translated to xvd<Y> at the OS level. >> However, after a few research and IRC chat, I figured out that it's not >> weird, it's actually a normal and expected behavior (thanks for your help, >> z00dax). >> >> sdX is actually mapped to xvdX+4. There is a consistent offset of 4. >> Suppose you attach an ebs volume to /dev/sdf. It'll be translated to xvdj >> at the OS level. sdg to xvdk, sdh to xvdl and so on. >> >> Allright. After having figured the mystery out, it became easy to work on >> automations that deal with ebs volumes and file systems, such as volumes >> created, attached and mounted on the fly, snapshots that freeze file >> systems and so on... >> >> However, I really do think to myself: Wouldn't it be cleaner if the image >> use simple translation (sdX to xvdX)? If I'm not wrong, Rightscale uses >> this on their Centos images and it's much simpler. There's no extra work >> needed to deal with that 4 offset when you want to automate things. >> >> Is there a reasonable reason for the 4 offset which makes it >> unchangeable? >> >> It's just a thought. I think it's worth considering it.. >> >> Luis Alen >> www.izap.com.br >> Ligue com tarifa local de todo o Brasil 4020.3000 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-virt mailing list >> CentOS-virt at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20130115/081cc129/attachment-0005.html>