Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:38:31 -0800 (PST) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: 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/ | > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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