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diff --git a/0091-RHBZ-699577-manpage-clarification.patch b/0091-RHBZ-699577-manpage-clarification.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1143b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/0091-RHBZ-699577-manpage-clarification.patch @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- + multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 26 +++++++++++++++++++------- + 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) + +Index: multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.conf.5 +=================================================================== +--- multipath-tools.orig/multipath/multipath.conf.5 ++++ multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.conf.5 +@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ section in which they occor. + The following \fIsection\fP keywords are recognized: + .TP 17 + .B defaults +-This section defines default values for attributes which are used +-whenever no specific setting is given in the appropriate device or +-multipath sections. ++This section defines default settings for devices-mapper-multipath. These ++values can be overwritten by the devices and multipaths sections. + .TP + .B blacklist + This section defines which devices should be excluded from the +@@ -54,13 +53,26 @@ multipath topology discovery, despite be + section. + .TP + .B multipaths +-This section defines the multipath topologies. They are indexed by a +-\fIWorld Wide Identifier\fR(wwid), which is the result of the +-\fIgetuid_callout\fR program. ++This section defines the settings for individual multipath devices. ++These values overwrite what is specified in the defaults and devices ++section of the configuration file. ++The devices are identified by the \fIwwid\fR keyword, which is a regular ++expression that must match the result of the \fIgetuid_callout\fR program. + .TP + .B devices +-This section defines the device-specific settings. ++This section defines the settings for individual storage controller types. ++These value overwrite what is specified in the defaults section of the ++configuration file. ++These controller types are identified by the \fIvendor\fR, \fIproduct\fR, and ++\fIrevision\fR keywords, which are regular expressions that must match the ++sysfs information about this device. ++If you are using a storage array that is not supported by default, you may need ++to create a devices subsection for your array. + .RE ++.P ++The priority of configuration in multipath.conf is: ++.br ++\fImultipaths\fR is greater than \fIdevices\fR is greater that \fIdefaults\fR + .LP + .SH "defaults section" + The |