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SubjectRe: PATCH: Different SCSI ordering for WIDE SCSI chains.
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reverse scans would still cause problems if you have some internal narrow
devices (or a id=0 boot disk)

David Lang


On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Rolf Fokkens wrote:

> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:43:08 +0100
> From: Rolf Fokkens <rolf@flits102-126.flits.rug.nl>
> To: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: PATCH: Different SCSI ordering for WIDE SCSI chains.
>
> Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> >
> > No it shouldn't. You have created a solution for your specific
> > problem. It would completely mess up other people's systems!
> >
>
> I disagree on this one. It is a problem for me, indeed. But I can imagine
> other people who want the same thing: the ability to connect external
> (narrow) scsi devices in a flexible way, while internally having some
> wide devices. In that case it's not MY specific problem.
>
> You're right about the fact that it's messing up existing systems that
> rely on the current SCSI order, I'm aware of that. This can be fixed
> however by changing fstab and some boot params. Afterwards the problem
> has vanished forever (except when useing older kernels). After this
> single change things are flexible however! This means: the ability to
> connect external (narrow) devices without having to change fstab every
> time you do that. It hurts once, but never again.
>
> A better alternative however might be a reverse SCSI order scanning of
> devices.
>
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Rik -- slowly getting used to dvorak kbd layout...
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > | Linux memory management tour guide. H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl |
> > | Scouting Vries cubscout leader. http://www.phys.uu.nl/~riel/ |
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>
>
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