device-mapper-multipath/0030-multipath-tools-add-basic-info-on-how-to-use-multipa.patch
Benjamin Marzinski ef9089f4e8 device-mapper-multipath-0.9.0-3
Update to the head of the upstream staging branch
  * Patches 0005-0042 are from the upstream staging branch
  * Previous patches 0005 & 0006 are now patches 0023 & 0005
Rename redhat patches
  * Previous patches 0007-0017 are now patches 0043-0053
Change from using readline to libedit
  * readline is licensed GPL v3, and multipathd includes code
    licensed gpl v2.
Remove README.alua
  * information moved to README.md
2022-08-19 12:48:04 -05:00

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:12:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] multipath-tools: add basic info on how to use multipath-tools
with NVMe devices
Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com>
Cc: DM-DEVEL ML <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
---
README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2322082c..b05b1332 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -174,3 +174,19 @@ To enable ALUA, the following options should be changed:
- Huawei OceanStor:
"Host Access Mode" should be changed to "Asymmetric".
+
+
+NVMe
+====
+To use Device Mapper/multipath-tools with NVMe devices,
+if the Native NVMe Multipath subsystem is enabled
+( "Y" in `/sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/multipath` ),
+it has to be disabled:
+
+`echo "options nvme_core multipath=N" > /etc/modprobe.d/01-nvme_core-mp.conf`,
+regenerate the initramfs (`dracut -f` or `update-initramfs`) and reboot.
+
+Check that it is disabled(N) with:
+`cat /sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/multipath`
+or
+`systool -m nvme_core -A multipath`