From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [PATCH] Add alias_prefix to get multipath names based on storage type Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:57:18 +0200 Message-ID: <4C298B3E.7030907@suse.de> References: <20100628230737.GA17462@us.ibm.com> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100628230737.GA17462@us.ibm.com> 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, dm-devel@redhat.com List-Id: dm-devel.ids Malahal Naineni wrote: > Any comments?? > = > Malahal Naineni [malahal@us.ibm.com] wrote: >> The current multipath tools use "mpath" prefix for all LUNs when >> user_friendly_names is set. It would be nice if the names are generated >> based on the storage subsystem. For example, all EMC LUNs would be named >> emc_a, emc_b, elm_c etc., and all IBM's SVC LUNs would be named svc_a, >> svc_b, svc_c. This patch attempts to do that using only multipath.conf. >> Patches can be added to the internal hardware table, if needed. >> I like it. Having an option to modify the alias prefix is something I always wanted to have. You could update the manpage, though. Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke Cheers, Hannes -- = Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg)