780429 – sys-fs/multipath-tools: /etc/init.d/multipath won't load dm-multipath module

Bug 780429 - sys-fs/multipath-tools: /etc/init.d/multipath won't load dm-multipath module

Summary: sys-fs/multipath-tools: /etc/init.d/multipath won't load dm-multipath module

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	Normal major
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2021-04-05 17:57 UTC by Snail
Modified:	2021-07-31 01:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	581226
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Description Snail 2021-04-05 17:57:26 UTC

sys-fs/multipath-tools provides /etc/init.d/multipath to load dm-mod and/or dm-multipath modules. There is a test reading "if ! grep -qs device-mapper /proc/devices /proc/misc";I do not understand why because it prevents aforementioned modules to be loaded as it is always false. This seems useless, because modprobe is used with option "-q" anyway.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.sys-fs/multipath-tools
2. rc-update add multipath
3.
Actual Results:  
modules are not loaded.

Expected Results:  
modules loaded .

do not implement the test as it works fine without it.