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authorAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2011-10-04 20:45:36 +0000
committerAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2011-10-04 20:45:36 +0000
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Clarify multi-name device filter pattern matching explanation in lvm.conf.5.
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@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ will be accepted or rejected (ignored). Devices that don't match
any patterns are accepted. If you want to reject patterns that
don't match, end the list with "r/.*/".
If there are several names for the same device (e.g. symbolic links
-in /dev), if any name matches any \fBa\fP pattern, the
-device is accepted; otherwise if any name matches any \fBr\fP
-pattern it is rejected; otherwise it is accepted.
-As an example, to ignore /dev/cdrom you could use:
+in /dev), if the first matching pattern in the list for any of the names is an
+\fBa\fP pattern, the device is accepted; otherwise if the first matching
+pattern in the list for any of the names is an \fBr\fP pattern it is rejected;
+otherwise it is accepted. As an example, to ignore /dev/cdrom you could use:
.br
\fBdevices { filter=["r|cdrom|"] }\fP
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