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diff --git a/man/lvmautoactivation.7_main b/man/lvmautoactivation.7_main index 808ea0d9f..0f7734557 100644 --- a/man/lvmautoactivation.7_main +++ b/man/lvmautoactivation.7_main @@ -184,6 +184,19 @@ system from booting. A custom systemd service could be written to run autoactivation during system startup, in which case disabling event autoactivation may be useful. . +.SS lvm.conf filter +.P +Device symlinks from /dev/disk/ can be used in the lvm.conf filter to +guard against changes in kernel device names. The /dev/disk/by-path/ or +/dev/disk/by-id/ prefixes should be included in the filter names; these +prefixes help lvm detect that symlink names are used. Filters containing +symlinks require special matching by commands run in the lvm udev rule. +.P +Common symlinks, e.g. beginning with wwn-, scsi-, pci-, or lvm-pv-uuid-, +are recommended. Uncommon or custom symlinks created by custom udev rules +may be less reliable. If a custom udev rule creates symlinks used in the +lvm filter, then the udev rule should be started prior to the lvm rule. +. .SH EXAMPLES .P VG "vg" contains two PVs: |