multipath/broken: s390zl21:~ # grep mknod bla.multipath 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = 0 3480782 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl-dm-temp-00", S_IFBLK|000, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = 0 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0001", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = 0 3480789 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl-dm-temp-00", S_IFBLK|000, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) 3480780 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0001", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0xfe, 0x1)) = 0 3480823 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl-dm-temp-00", S_IFBLK|000, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 sdb/working: ^[[As390zl21:~ # grep mknod bla.sdb 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0001", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0000", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = -1 EEXIST (File exists) 3482680 mknodat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/zipl0001", S_IFBLK|0700, makedev(0x8, 0x10)) = 0