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From: bmarzins@sourceware.org
Subject: multipath-tools/multipath multipath.8
Date: 24 Nov 2009 22:12:36 -0000
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CVSROOT:	/cvs/dm
Module name:	multipath-tools
Branch: 	RHEL5_FC6
Changes by:	bmarzins@sourceware.org	2009-11-24 22:12:36

Modified files:
	multipath      : multipath.8 

Log message:
	Fix for bz #510331
	Clarified manpage.

Patches:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8.diff?cvsroot=dm&only_with_tag=RHEL5_FC6&r1=1.9&r2=1.9.2.1

--- multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8	2006/11/30 23:25:13	1.9
+++ multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8	2009/11/24 22:12:35	1.9.2.1
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
 is in the /dev/sdb (as shown by udev in the $DEVNAME variable) or major:minor format.
 .I device
 may alternatively be a multipath mapname
+.SH NOTES
+a map may be unused if, eg, the file system on it is not mounted or
+there are no open file descriptors against the device file, as in a
+raw device.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR udev (8),
 .BR dmsetup (8)