Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2001 14:02:12 -0400 | From | Michael Meissner <> | Subject | Re: wrong /dev/sd... order with multiple adapters in kernel 2.4.4 |
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:38:37PM +0200, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently upgraded the kernel from 2.2.19 to 2.4.4 and discovered > that it assigns the /dev/sd... devices in the wrong order with respect both > to the behavior of kernel 2.2.19 and to the `scsihosts' boot option which I > specified at the boot prompt. > > I have a scsi-only machine with an Adaptec 7890 and an old Symbios 53c875. > The Adaptec mounts an LVD disk with the root and home partitions while the > Symbios mounts two additional disks used for other purposes:
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> The only way to solve my problem was to modify the makefiles and link the > aic7xxx driver before the sym53c8xx, but this is a solution only for my > specific case. With my patch the Adaptec is initialized first and I get > a more consistent order of the scsi devices: > > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0 /dev/sda > /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0 /dev/sdb > /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target4/lun0 /dev/sdc
I had the same problem. The fix that I use is to compile the Symbios driver as a module, and add:
alias scsi_hostadapter1 sym53c8xx
to my /etc/modules.conf. That way, when the kernel boots, it will only see the Adaptec driver.
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