From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Anderson Subject: Re: Boot order of LSI MPT Fusion devices controllable? Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:48:48 -0800 Message-ID: <20041130204848.GC8863@us.ibm.com> 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 e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.131]:36844 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262326AbUK3Us4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:48:56 -0500 Received: from westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.11]) by e33.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iAUKmoDr622972 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:48:50 -0500 Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (d03av02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.168]) by westrelay02.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.6) with ESMTP id iAUKmnU5416884 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:48:49 -0700 Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAUKmnBN030597 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:48:49 -0700 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 Richard F. Rebel [rrebel@whenu.com] 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. > Relying on pci / device probe order will always leave you open to possible name slippage issues in the future. You mentioned that you are running mdk so you may want to look at using udev for your device naming. -andmike -- Michael Anderson andmike@us.ibm.com