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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:26:08 -0500
From: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
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To: Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 06:04:44PM +0200, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> LV 'available' has one simple meaning - LV is present in DM table.
> Status is either available or NOT available.

LV Status can also be "suspended", so there's already some variation in
that field (which is why these free-form lvdisplay fields should be
avoided.)  But I agree, it's probably best to leave lvdisplay alone for
historical purposes and add anything new using just lvs fields.

Zhao, I think we should revert that commit, and come up with a new word to
describe this thing (which also needs a clear definition), and report it
in lvs.

Dave