[dm-devel] prio ignored in multipath.conf

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 09:41 -0500, Andy wrote:
> I am trying to change the path priorities on QLA2432 HBAs to a 3PAR array.
> The kernel is 2.6.31-rc1 and multipath tools v0.4.9
> 
> I created a small C program to change priorities (right now it just prints
> some info).  But, when I run multipath the verbose information keeps saying
> prio = const (controller setting), even though I have "prio  allant" (allant
> is the name of my prioritizer).  If I have "prio alllant" a global default
> it will run the code for the non-QLA2432/3PAR device, but not the devices
> that are under the control of the QLA2432.  It always sets prio to const and
> the QLA2432 paths.  This use to work at some point with older
> multipath/kernel versions.

It would help if you included your multipath.conf (or a link to it).

Regards,
Bryn.