On Sat, May 07 2011 at 5:54am -0400, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> In my host I am seeing the devices only as /dev/dm-n and /dev/mapper/mpathx > > > > > Seems we need to update the RHEL6 docs you referenced. > > > > /dev/mpath/ namespace is no longer maintained (afaik it was a "feature" > > of a udev rule. But I could be mistaken. Ben and/or others could > > correct me if I'm wrong). > > > > /dev/mapper/mpath* was always the preferred method of access (even when > > /dev/mpath/* did exist) -- reason is it was always available regardless > > of udev. > > > > Am I correct to say that /dev/dm-* should be used only internally by > device-mapper and not referred to by user programs? > At least I remember I read something similar... Yes, that is correct. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
