Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:09:49 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: PCI probe, please CC |
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:58:39PM -0600, Kendrick Hamilton wrote: > Hello, > we are using the Linux 2.2.16 kernel (some of the code we purchased > does not work with 2.4.x kernels and we would have to do a lot of > regression testing to upgrade) on an IBM e-server. We wrote a module for > a modulator card we are using. The code uses pci_find_device to find the > modulator cards. The problem we are having is that it finds the cards in > different orders. One time hss0 is the card in slot 4 and hss1 is the > card in slot5. The next time we power up the computer, hss0 is the card > in slot5 and hss1 is the card in slot 4. > The IBM e-server has about 5 PCI bridges. > Do you have any suggestion as to how I might be able to ensure the > cards are always detected in the same order? Our system requires that > they always be in the same order.
Are the pci device ids different across different boots? If not, is there any way you can tie a specific device to a specific interface (unique hardware addresses, mac addresses, etc.)?
thanks,
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