From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Marzinski Subject: Re: User friendly names patch. Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:14:18 -0500 Message-ID: <20051027021417.GC31187@phlogiston.msp.redhat.com> References: <20051021233521.GA32160@phlogiston.msp.redhat.com> <1129967524.7313.65.camel@zezette> <20051024164902.GB19176@phlogiston.msp.redhat.com> <20051025084121.GA17494@free.fr> <20051025191749.GL19176@phlogiston.msp.redhat.com> <1130269061.13850.26.camel@zezette> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1130269061.13850.26.camel@zezette> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: christophe.varoqui@free.fr, device-mapper development List-Id: dm-devel.ids On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 09:37:41PM +0200, Christophe Varoqui wrote: > > > How about I make the bindings file location configurable, so that everyone > > can be happy with the location? I'll leave the default location where it > > is now when I send the patch. If you would like to change it to someplace in > > /etc when you commit it, go ahead. > > > Agreed, I guess we can get off with a multipath(8) flag to specify an > exotic location in the init{rd,ramfs} and leave the normal location > in /var. > > I merged the patch as-is today. > > Can you craft a patch to move the bindings file locking method from > "non-block + retry" to "block + timeout", if it makes sense to you too. Sure. Here is the patch. It adds both the -b option to the multipath command, and changes the locking method. -Ben > Regards, > cvaroqui > > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel