Bug 921052 – Raw devices using custom names

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Bug 921052 - Raw devices using custom names

Summary:	Raw devices using custom names

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	doc-Tuning_and_Optimizing_for_Oracle_Databases (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.9
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	unspecified Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Laura Bailey
QA Contact:	ecs-bugs
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Keywords:	Documentation, FutureFeature

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Reported:	2013-03-13 07:22 EDT by Pierguido Lambri
Modified:	2015-09-27 22:32 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-10-08 20:27:14 EDT
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Description Pierguido Lambri 2013-03-13 07:22:25 EDT

Description of problem:
In the documentation we state that it's possible to set up custom names for 
RAW devices:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Tuning_and_Optimizing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_for_Oracle_9i_and_10g_Databases/sect-Oracle_9i_and_10g_Tuning_Guide-Configuring_IO_for_Raw_Partitions-Using_Raw_Devices_for_Oracle_Databases.html

It's anyway impossible to use a different name from rawX because the utility 
supports only this names (rawX).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# rpm -qa | grep util-linux
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a raw device with custome name (not rawX)
2. Restart the rawdevices service
3. Check the output
  
Actual results:
Unsupported raw device name '/dev/raw/test1' (format is /dev/raw/rawN))
Unsupported raw device name '/dev/raw/test2' (format is /dev/raw/rawN))

Expected results:
Creation of the rawdevices as per doc suggestion

Additional info:

The devices are being created manually:

# ls -la /dev/raw/test*
crw------- 1 root root 162, 1 Mar 11 11:39 /dev/raw/test1
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 162, 1 Mar 13 10:48 /dev/raw/test2

Comment 10 RHEL Product and Program Management 2013-05-01 03:19:41 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 25 Laura Bailey 2013-10-08 20:27:14 EDT

Closing; verified for release in RHEL 5.10.

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