This patchset implements two new features, 'no_partitions' and 'default_hw_handler'. The 'no_partition' feature is just a marker for kpartx to not attempt partitions scanning on these devices. The 'default_hw_handler' feature allows for a 'default' hardware handler. Problem is that multipath-tools only has a static setting for the hardware handler of a device. The kernel, however, is able to distinguish between various possible hardware handler and might already have attached a different one. So by specifying the feature 'default_hw_handler' the dm-multipath module is instructed to use the currently selected one, and not the one specified during table creation. This is an alternative implementation to Mike Snitzers 'default' hardware handler implementation. Hannes Reinecke (3): scsi_dh: Allow NULL hardware handler name in scsi_dh_attach() dm-multipath: disable partition scan feature dm-multipath: 'default_hw_handler' feature drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c | 8 +++++- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
