Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Sven Heinicke <> | Date | Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:29:27 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Configure.help entry for CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH |
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I just spent a bit of time trying to figure out what Multipath I/O support was because there was no Configure.help entry. Here is a slightly modified description of it from Ingo Molnar first post of the code. It would of saved me time if it was there.
$ diff -u Configure.copy.help Configure.help --- Configure.copy.help Thu Nov 8 10:36:57 2001 +++ Configure.help Thu Nov 8 12:17:36 2001 @@ -1795,6 +1795,16 @@ If unsure, say Y. +Multipath I/O support +CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH + Multipath-IO is the ability of certain devices to address the same + physical disk over multiple 'IO paths'. The code ensures that such + paths can be defined and handled at runtime, and ensures that a + transparent failover to the backup path(s) happens if a IO errors + arrives on the primary path. + + If unsure, say N. + # AC tree only Support for IDE Raid controllers CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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