[linux-lvm] Re: [dm-devel] Re: LVM on dmraid breakage

[Luca Berra <bluca comedia it>]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 01:27:34PM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> > But I don't yet see why it didn't also open the other devices, write a 
> > warning
> > message about duplicate IDs, and do the right thing and give them
> > precedence.
>
> Why would it open the other devices?  LVM does not scan /dev/mapper/*, 
> only /dev/sd*.  Since it does not scan the /dev/mapper devices for pvs, 
> it sees no duplicates and can not "do the right thing".

LVM scans the whole /dev directory, unless you configure it otherwise.

L.

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