Das Bundesgericht des Eastern District of Texas hat eine Klage wegen angeblicher Patentverletzung durch Linux abgewiesen und das fragliche Patent für ungültig erklärt.
"Chapter 4. The DM-Multipath Configuration File 4.1. Configuration File Overview 4.2. Configuration File Blacklist 4.2.1. Blacklisting by WWID 4.2.2. Blacklisting By Device Name 4.3. Configuration File Defaults 4.4. Multipaths Device Configuration Attributes 4.5. Configuration File Devices By default, DM-Multipath provides configuration values for the most common uses of multipathing. In addition, DM-Multipath includes support for the most common storage arrays that support DM-Multipath. The default configuration values and the supported devices can be found in the /usr/share/doc/device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5/multipath.conf.defaults file. "