--- multipath/main.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: multipath-tools/multipath/main.c =================================================================== --- multipath-tools.orig/multipath/main.c +++ multipath-tools/multipath/main.c @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ usage (char * progname) " -d dry run, do not create or update devmaps\n" \ " -r force devmap reload\n" \ " -p policy failover|multibus|group_by_serial|group_by_prio\n" \ + " -n nosync. disable synchronous device creation with udev\n" \ " -b fil bindings file location\n" \ " -p pol force all maps to specified path grouping policy :\n" \ " . failover one path per priority group\n" \ @@ -442,6 +443,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) case 'u': conf->force_udev_rules = 1; break; + case 'n': + dm_udev_set_sync_support(0); + break; case 'h': usage(argv[0]); case ':':