Hello, please consider the following log, illustrating the bug that hits lk2.6.7+ : xa-s03:~/multipath/multipath-tools-0.2.3/multipathd# dmsetup info 600508b4000156d700012000000b0000 Name: 600508b4000156d700012000000b0000 State: ACTIVE Tables present: LIVE Open count: 0 Event number: 0 <=============== Major, minor: 253, 0 Number of targets: 1 <force an event condition> xa-s03:~/multipath/multipath-tools-0.2.3/multipathd# sg_start -s 1 /dev/sda xa-s03:~/multipath/multipath-tools-0.2.3/multipathd# dmsetup status 600508b4000156d700012000000b0000: 0 62914560 multipath 2 1 0 8:16 F 32 1 0 8:0 A 0 <== path 8:16 went from Active to Failed state ==> xa-s03:~/multipath/multipath-tools-0.2.3/multipathd# dmsetup info 600508b4000156d700012000000b0000 Name: 600508b4000156d700012000000b0000 State: ACTIVE Tables present: LIVE Open count: 1 Event number: 0 <============ still 0, should be >0 Major, minor: 253, 0 Number of targets: 1 regards, cvaroqui --