Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:43:08 +0100 | From | Rolf Fokkens <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Different SCSI ordering for WIDE SCSI chains. |
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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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