Do not automatically "select" SCSI_DH for dm-multipath. If SCSI_DH doesn't exist,just do not allow hardware handlers to be used. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman --- Index: scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/md/Kconfig =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ config DM_ZERO config DM_MULTIPATH tristate "Multipath target" depends on BLK_DEV_DM - select SCSI_DH ---help--- Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware. Index: scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ static int parse_hw_handler(struct arg_s request_module("scsi_dh_%s", m->hw_handler_name); if (scsi_dh_handler_exist(m->hw_handler_name) == 0) { ti->error = "unknown hardware handler type"; + kfree(m->hw_handler_name); + m->hw_handler_name = NULL; return -EINVAL; } consume(as, hw_argc - 1); Index: scsi-misc-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_dh.h =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/include/scsi/scsi_dh.h +++ scsi-misc-2.6/include/scsi/scsi_dh.h @@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ enum { SCSI_DH_NOSYS, SCSI_DH_DRIVER_MAX, }; - +#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_DH extern int scsi_dh_activate(struct request_queue *); extern int scsi_dh_handler_exist(const char *); +#else +inline int scsi_dh_activate(struct request_queue *req) +{ + return 0; +} +inline int scsi_dh_handler_exist(const char *name) +{ + return 0; +} +#endif