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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Stefan / Tore</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks … and good to know that hwtable.c
entries take precedence over defaults.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Stefan Bader<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Wednesday,
November 21, 2007</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> device-mapper development<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [dm-devel] order of
preference / multipath.conf</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=gmailquote><font
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I found this in an old thread and want to confirm as
it will influence how/what we include in multipath.conf</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is the following order of preference accurate? </span></font></p>
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.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1) Multipaths section (in /etc/multipath.conf)</span></font></pre><pre
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font-family:Arial'>2) Device section (in /etc/multipath.conf)</span></font></pre><pre
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font-family:Arial'>4) Internal default (hwtable.c)</span></font></pre><pre
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>The last two (3 and 4) are the other way round. If
there is an entry in hwtable.c, this will take effect.<br>
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Stefan </span></font></p>
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