Re: Boot order of LSI MPT Fusion devices controllable?

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

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.]

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