[dm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] multipath-tools 0.4.9

[Christophe Varoqui]

Here is a long due multipath-tools release.

Most patches in there are already available in enterprise distributions
package.

The tarball is available on http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
My maintainer work on this project is now sponsored by
http://www.opensvc.com and the Nexenta multipath support has been
sponsored by http://www.alyseo.com/

multipath-tools-0.4.9 shortlog :

      * Changes that may require your altering your config file :
              * rename hp_sw hwhandler
              * directio is now the default checker (async)
              * deprecated prio_callout keyword: now use prio/prio_args
              * move bindings file location to /etc
              * add 'max_fds' keyword
              * add 'verbosity' keyword
              * add 'queue_without_daemon' keyword
              * add 'mode', 'uid' and 'gid' keywords
              * add 'fast_io_fail' and 'dev_loss_tmo' keywords
              * add 'checker' keyword as alias to 'path_checker'
      * Features
              * make kpartx deal with more than 256 minor numbers
              * fail/reinstate CLI commands disable/enable path checker
              * support multipath-capable cciss hardware, add cciss_tur
                checker
              * 'show config' output usable as a config file replacement
              * create read-only multipath if rw try failed
              * care about offlined paths
              * support resizing of multipath maps
              * kpartx removes its loop devices
              * support other load-balancing policies
              * add datacore prioritizer
              * add '-r' multipath arg to force maps reload
              * add "show paths format" cli command
              * add "show maps format" cli command
              * add "show status" cli command
              * add "show wildcards" cli command
              * add "quit" cli command
              * add "enablequeueing" and "disablequeueing" cli commands
      * Fixes
              * leaks plugged (virtualiron, suse, redhat work)
              * honour ALUA preference indicator
      * Developers changes :
              * no more prioritizer callouts. replaced by mem-pinned .so
                to avoid having to cache the callouts.
              * move checkers to mem-pinned .so too
              * allow arguments passing to prioritizers
      * Contributors :
              * Alex Zeffertt <... at eu.citrix.com>
              * Andrey Panin <... at pazke.donpac.ru>
              * Babu Moger <... at lsi.com>
              * Benjamin Marzinski <... at redhat.com>
              * Brian King <... at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
              * Bryn M.Reeves <... at redhat.com>
              * Chandra Seetharaman <... at us.ibm.com>
              * Charlie Brady <... at budge.apana.org.au>
              * Chauhan, Vijay <... at lsi.com>
              * Christophe Varoqui <... at opensvc.com>
              * Colin Watson <... at canonical.com>
              * Dave Wysochanski <... at redhat.com>
              * Guido Guenther <... at sigxcpu.org>
              * Guido Günther <... at sigxcpu.org>
              * Hannes Reinecke <... at suse.de>
              * Jim Lester <... at compellent.com>
              * Kiyoshi Ueda <... at ct.jp.nec.com>
              * Konrad Rzeszutek <... at virtualiron.com>
              * Martin Petermann <... at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
              * Matthew Kent <... at bravenet.com>
              * Mike Anderson <... at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
              * Mike Snitzer <... at redhat.com>
              * Moger, Babu <... at lsi.com>
              * Nikanth Karthikesan <... at suse.de>
              * Ritesh Raj Sarraf <... at researchut.com>
              * Rumko <... at gmail.com>
              * Stefan Bader <... at de.ibm.com>
              * Stefan Haberland <... at de.ibm.com>
              * Stefan Weinhuber <... at de.ibm.com>
              * Yanqing Liu <... at dell.com>