From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christophe Varoqui Subject: [ANNOUNCE] multipath-tools 0.4.9 Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 15:34:08 +0200 Message-ID: <1274535248.6881.10.camel@localhost> Reply-To: christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org To: dm-devel , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: dm-devel.ids Here is a long due multipath-tools release. Most patches in there are already available in enterprise distributions package. The tarball is available on http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/ My maintainer work on this project is now sponsored by http://www.opensvc.com and the Nexenta multipath support has been sponsored by http://www.alyseo.com/ multipath-tools-0.4.9 shortlog : * Changes that may require your altering your config file : * rename hp_sw hwhandler * directio is now the default checker (async) * deprecated prio_callout keyword: now use prio/prio_args * move bindings file location to /etc * add 'max_fds' keyword * add 'verbosity' keyword * add 'queue_without_daemon' keyword * add 'mode', 'uid' and 'gid' keywords * add 'fast_io_fail' and 'dev_loss_tmo' keywords * add 'checker' keyword as alias to 'path_checker' * Features * make kpartx deal with more than 256 minor numbers * fail/reinstate CLI commands disable/enable path checker * support multipath-capable cciss hardware, add cciss_tur checker * 'show config' output usable as a config file replacemen= t * create read-only multipath if rw try failed * care about offlined paths * support resizing of multipath maps * kpartx removes its loop devices * support other load-balancing policies * add datacore prioritizer * add '-r' multipath arg to force maps reload * add "show paths format" cli command * add "show maps format" cli command * add "show status" cli command * add "show wildcards" cli command * add "quit" cli command * add "enablequeueing" and "disablequeueing" cli commands * Fixes * leaks plugged (virtualiron, suse, redhat work) * honour ALUA preference indicator * Developers changes : * no more prioritizer callouts. replaced by mem-pinned .s= o to avoid having to cache the callouts. * move checkers to mem-pinned .so too * allow arguments passing to prioritizers * Contributors : * Alex Zeffertt <...@eu.citrix.com> * Andrey Panin <...@pazke.donpac.ru> * Babu Moger <...@lsi.com> * Benjamin Marzinski <...@redhat.com> * Brian King <...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * Bryn M.Reeves <...@redhat.com> * Chandra Seetharaman <...@us.ibm.com> * Charlie Brady <...@budge.apana.org.au> * Chauhan, Vijay <...@lsi.com> * Christophe Varoqui <...@opensvc.com> * Colin Watson <...@canonical.com> * Dave Wysochanski <...@redhat.com> * Guido Guenther <...@sigxcpu.org> * Guido G=C3=83=C2=BCnther <...@sigxcpu.org> * Hannes Reinecke <...@suse.de> * Jim Lester <...@compellent.com> * Kiyoshi Ueda <...@ct.jp.nec.com> * Konrad Rzeszutek <...@virtualiron.com> * Martin Petermann <...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * Matthew Kent <...@bravenet.com> * Mike Anderson <...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * Mike Snitzer <...@redhat.com> * Moger, Babu <...@lsi.com> * Nikanth Karthikesan <...@suse.de> * Ritesh Raj Sarraf <...@researchut.com> * Rumko <...@gmail.com> * Stefan Bader <...@de.ibm.com> * Stefan Haberland <...@de.ibm.com> * Stefan Weinhuber <...@de.ibm.com> * Yanqing Liu <...@dell.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html