This patch is part of dm/md sysfs dependency tree. Following symlinks are created if dm-0 maps to sda: /sys/block/dm-0/slaves/sda --> /sys/block/sda /sys/block/sda/holders/dm-0 --> /sys/block/dm-0 This patch depends on dm-table-store-md.patch in http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/ Thanks, -- Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Solutions (America), Inc.