* main - config: improve description for event_activation
@ 2021-04-19 18:29 David Teigland
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From: David Teigland @ 2021-04-19 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Gitweb: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commitdiff;h=a616abba03a35ec3064360ac8cab9ebb2203d645
Commit: a616abba03a35ec3064360ac8cab9ebb2203d645
Parent: 5eac292925ca96bee9a1f50355ca0e8b0ef4a9a6
Author: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 19 13:29:17 2021 -0500
Committer: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Mon Apr 19 13:29:17 2021 -0500
config: improve description for event_activation
---
lib/config/config_settings.h | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/config/config_settings.h b/lib/config/config_settings.h
index 3946a7129..d3a42a153 100644
--- a/lib/config/config_settings.h
+++ b/lib/config/config_settings.h
@@ -1117,13 +1117,14 @@ cfg(global_lvdisplay_shows_full_device_path_CFG, "lvdisplay_shows_full_device_pa
cfg(global_event_activation_CFG, "event_activation", global_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, 1, vsn(2, 3, 1), 0, 0, NULL,
"Activate LVs based on system-generated device events.\n"
- "When a device appears on the system, a system-generated event runs\n"
- "the pvscan command to activate LVs if the new PV completes the VG.\n"
- "When event_activation is disabled, the system will generally run\n"
- "a direct activation command to activate LVs in complete VGs.\n"
- "Activation commands that are run by the system, either from events\n"
- "or at fixed points during startup, use autoactivation (-aay). See\n"
- "the --setautoactivation option or the auto_activation_volume_list\n"
+ "When a PV appears on the system, a system-generated uevent triggers\n"
+ "the lvm2-pvscan service which runs the pvscan --cache -aay command.\n"
+ "If the new PV completes a VG, pvscan autoactivates LVs in the VG.\n"
+ "When event_activation is disabled, the lvm2-activation services are\n"
+ "generated and run at fixed points during system startup. These\n"
+ "services run vgchange -aay to autoactivate LVs in VGs that happen\n"
+ "to be present at that point in time.\n"
+ "See the --setautoactivation option or the auto_activation_volume_list\n"
"setting to configure autoactivation for specific VGs or LVs.\n")
cfg(global_use_lvmetad_CFG, "use_lvmetad", global_CFG_SECTION, 0, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, 0, vsn(2, 2, 93), 0, vsn(2, 3, 0), NULL,
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