[dm-devel] patch to allow multipath(8) and multipathd(8) to pick up existing alias (if any) from dm device-name

[Christophe Varoqui]

Le mardi 16 mai 2006 à 15:32 -0400, egoggin at emc.com a écrit :
> Christophe,
> 
> This small patch should allow multipath(8) and multipathd(8) to acquire its
> internal alias name from the device-mapper's device-name for the device if a
> multipath specific alias (user friendly one or not) has __not__ been set.
> Otherwise, assuming that a multipath device has been renamed beforehand by
> someone invoking "dm_setup rename", simply invoking "multipath" changes the
> device-mapper's device-name for the device back to the multipath assigned
> UID name.
> 
Sure. Good point.

Applied and pushed, thanks,
cvaroqui