Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:44:51 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: SCSI host detection order |
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Mike Bennett writes: > Please excuse the intrusion if this is answered somewhere, but I've > been unable to find an answer after searching the HOWTO's and the > web... > > I'm currently running 2.0.35 and 6-pre, but I've been performing > this patch since I began with Linux a year or so ago. I have 2 scsi > controllers - a 2940uw and 152x. All the HD's are on the 2940 and > the 152x is used simply for an occasional external ZIP drive. As > such, I setup with only the 2940 driver thus mapping all devices > with it alone. With the addition on the 152x driver, it gets > detected first and throws everything off. > > I use something similar to the following simple patch with each > kernel build to "fix" the scsi detection order. (I actually do it > by hand... All I do is move the aic7xxx driver to the top if the > Adaptec list in hosts.c) But, it seems that another more officially > supported method should exist which doesn't require changing the > source - a config file or option to lilo or something along those > lines.
Try kernel 2.1.119 plus the devfs patch: it has a "scsihosts=" option which you can use to control things. See: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
Regards,
Richard....
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