--- libmultipath/discovery.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) Index: multipath-tools/libmultipath/discovery.c =================================================================== --- multipath-tools.orig/libmultipath/discovery.c +++ multipath-tools/libmultipath/discovery.c @@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ sysfs_set_scsi_tmo (struct multipath *mp return 1; } if (mpp->dev_loss){ + if (mpp->dev_loss > 600 && mpp->fast_io_fail <= 0) + condlog(2, "you must enable fast_io_fail_tmo in order to set dev_loss_tmo greater than 600"); snprintf(value, 11, "%u", mpp->dev_loss); if (sysfs_attr_set_value(attr_path, "dev_loss_tmo", value))