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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a software developer that is new to this list.
I understand that currently round-robin is the only implemented path selector
type. I am scoping (for a major storage vendor) the effort required to implement
additional selector types, as well as other work required to function properly
with their hardware (possibly special device-specific hardware handlers, config
file changes, etc.). I assume there is a procedure in place to allow developers
to submit changes such as these to the public domain, and hope that eventually
they may be included in some future distributions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My questions are:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the procedure for submitting kernel
patches for the device mapper?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who (or what organization) owns responsibility for
the device mapper kernel modules?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who owns responsibility for the user-space
multipath pieces?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else currently developing additional path
selector types?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sorry if my newbie questions are naive, but
any help to point me in the right direction will be greatly
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brad Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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