From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Wilck Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/mptsas: add RAID devices in ascending ID order Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:12:53 +0200 Message-ID: <45191945.6050105@fujitsu-siemens.com> References: <664A4EBB07F29743873A87CF62C26D7032D7EB@NAMAIL4.ad.lsil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from dgate1.fujitsu-siemens.com ([217.115.66.35]:24359 "EHLO dgate1.fujitsu-siemens.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751166AbWIZMM4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:12:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <664A4EBB07F29743873A87CF62C26D7032D7EB@NAMAIL4.ad.lsil.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Moore, Eric" Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, mpt_linux_developer Moore, Eric wrote: > You patch will call scsi_add_device, from low to hi target > ids, right? Well if someone creates a volume that > is issued target id=8, installs the operating system. > Then tommorrow they create a new volume that is issued > target id=7, then what your patch will do is reverse > the order, right? If so, a panic would occur > unless they assigned device names/lables. Yes, if the order of VolumeIDs assigned by the firmware is indeed random. That's not what was observed in our test lab, though. Anyway, I'll just advise people to use persistent device names, thank you. Regards Martin -- Martin Wilck Phone: +49 5251 8 15113 Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fax: +49 5251 8 20409 Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1 mailto:Martin.Wilck@Fujitsu-Siemens.com D-33106 Paderborn http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/primergy