From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: "Richard F. Rebel" <rrebel@whenu.com>
Cc: kwhite@austin.ibm.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Boot order of LSI MPT Fusion devices controllable?
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:59:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041130195932.GA29035@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1101843791.1779.1048.camel@rebel.corp.whenu.com>
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:43:11PM -0500, Richard F. Rebel wrote:
> Earlier someone responded to the tune that I needed to change the PCI
> boot order, and unless the bios allows me to change that, I have to
> move the cards around in the chassis. I have a cage monkey trying that
> now.
I think you misunderstood. The PCI ID is determined by how the PCI
slot is wired up -- there's nothing the BIOS can do to affect that.
[hmm. if you're particularly perverse, i suppose you could route the
select lines through a chip that the BIOS could reprogram ... never
seen it done though.]
--
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-30 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-30 17:20 Boot order of LSI MPT Fusion devices controllable? Richard F. Rebel
2004-11-30 17:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
2004-12-01 3:31 ` kwhite
2004-11-30 19:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-11-30 19:43 ` Richard F. Rebel
2004-11-30 19:59 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2004-11-30 20:48 ` Mike Anderson
2004-11-30 21:55 ` Richard F. Rebel
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2004-11-30 22:15 todd.reichert
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