[Novalug] kernel pci probe question
greg pryzby
greg@pryzby.org
Thu Apr 3 17:17:05 EDT 2008
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I don't recall the specifics, but I do recall that you can use by-name
and that uses a long identifier (or maybe it was by-identifier) that
isn't dependent on boot order.
maybe I will research it later and see if I can find the answer....
Mark Smith wrote:
> my company makes an appliance-like device which includes linux as
> its core. our software is setup to use specific devices for specific
> file systems. in particular we have one appliance with a RAID setup
> which is on sda. the problem is that every now and then it shows
> up on a different device special file.
>
> my questions...
>
> is there any possible setting in the BIOS that can change the
> ordering of devices? it was my understanding that the kernel does
> its own hardware probe and does not rely on anything the BIOS
> provides in that regard.
>
> what else could change the ordering of devices sans actually moving
> the card position in the chassis or the connectors on the disk arrays?
>
>
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