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From: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Subject: Re: RHEL 5.4 multipath doesn't handle virtio block
	devices
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:07:02 +0900
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Hi Martin,

On 2010/03/30 10:16 +0900, Martin Schwenke wrote:
> multipath in RHEL 5.4 doesn't handle virtio block devices.  It excludes
> them because they use a sysfs bus that is not recognised.
> 
> Here's a patch that seems to fix this:

Why do you want to use dm-multipath on virtio block devices?

Thanks,
Kiyoshi Ueda