From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: Boot order of LSI MPT Fusion devices controllable? Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:59:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20041130195932.GA29035@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <200412010331.VAA21676@catalyst.austin.ibm.com> <1101843791.1779.1048.camel@rebel.corp.whenu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:44004 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262290AbUK3T7j (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:59:39 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101843791.1779.1048.camel@rebel.corp.whenu.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Richard F. Rebel" Cc: kwhite@austin.ibm.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org 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