Nathan Walp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> Also, sometime between ac7 and ac18 (spring break kept me from testing
> stuff inbetween), i assume during the new aic7xxx driver merge, the
> order of detection got changed, and now the ide-scsi virtual host is
> host0, and my 29160N is host1. Is this on purpose? It messed up a
> bunch of my stuff as far as /dev and such are concerned.
SCSI adapters are enumerated randomly(*) , relying on certain numbering
will get you into trouble, sooner or later.
There is no commonly accepted solution, AFAIK.
The same thing can happent to disk enumeration ( sdb becomes sdc )
or partition enumeration ( hda6 becomes hda5 ).
* - theoreticaly no, but practicaly yes ( most of the time )
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David Balazic
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