[dm-devel] [RFC PATCH 08/16] multipath.conf.5: document "ignore_wwids"

[Martin Wilck]

---
 multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
index ab151e720d75..33ad775139c4 100644
--- a/multipath/multipath.conf.5
+++ b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
@@ -954,12 +954,43 @@ device again, as soon as it sees a path with that WWID. This should allow most
 users to have multipath automatically choose the correct paths to make into
 multipath devices, without having to edit the blacklist.
 .RS
+.PP
+If \fBignore_wwids\fR is set to
+.I no
+, only method
+.I 2
+above (manual creation by the user) will be used for creating new maps.
+.RE
+.RS
 .TP
 The default is: \fBno\fR
 .RE
 .
 .
 .TP
+.B ignore_wwids
+If set to
+.I no
+, multipath and multipathd only consider paths matching a WWID listed in
+the \fBwwids_file\fR as valid multipath devices. Automatic multipath map
+creation is disabled.
+.
+If set to
+.I yes
+, and \fBfind_multipaths\fR is
+.I no
+, every device which is not blacklisted
+will be treated as a potential multipath member. See above for
+the logic if  \fBfind_multipaths\fR is set to
+.I yes.
+.
+.RS
+.TP
+The default is: \fBoff\fR
+.RE
+.
+.
+.TP
 .B uxsock_timeout
 CLI receive timeout in milliseconds. For larger systems CLI commands
 might timeout before the multipathd lock is released and the CLI command
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