- give user ability to disable linux multipath drivers and daemons

svn-id: @12399

diff --git a/rc.d/rc.sysinit b/rc.d/rc.sysinit
index dbe2d61bfed0e1fc81d1f8fbf549ab4ccf2d5fbb..c6fdd23cb24204e2b3016e8aa42647ec81780ff1 100755 (executable)
--- a/rc.d/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.d/rc.sysinit
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ if ! is_yes "$VSERVER"; then
                load_kernel_modules
        fi
 
-       if [ -x /sbin/multipath ]; then
+       if [ -x /sbin/multipath ] && ! is_no "$DM_MULTIPATH"; then
                # first make nodes that were discarded due (possible) new /dev mount
                modprobe -s dm-mod
                /sbin/dmsetup mknodes

diff --git a/sysconfig/system b/sysconfig/system
index b8185fa747481d3a4481da974f30158113cf5303..b6d8efcb530fb50fe4b4450fc3677aedda0b0831 100644 (file)
--- a/sysconfig/system
+++ b/sysconfig/system
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ EVMS_OS2=no
 # disable if your only LVM volume is rootfs started on initrd and want faster startup
 LVM2=yes
 
+# Disable dm-multipath and friends here if you plan to use
+# non startdard drivers (ex. DELL MPP RDAC driver)
+DM_MULTIPATH=yes
+
 # Set to anything other than 'no' to allow hotkey interactive startup...
 RC_PROMPT=yes