[3351] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: SCSI host numbering (patch)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr. James W. Laferriere Network En)
Mon Feb 16 22:42:25 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 20:41:13 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
cc: Linux Scsi maillist <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199802161711.JAA22800@dandelion.com>
Hello Leonard,
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:13:13 -0500 (EST)
> From: Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.jic.com>
>
> Is the goal to control probe order, or is the goal to control
> device naming? In other words, if the problem isn't strictly probe
> order, then it isn't stricly a requirement that the actual probe order be
> controlled - itn't it simply the host *numbering* that we want to control.
>
> I have to wonder at this point how much work we should put into making the host
> adapter probe order configurable from the command line. My impression, perhaps
> incorrect, is that unlike me many people prefer to use modules for most
^^^^^^^^^ me also , I have not found module(s) of a
very happy experience , Probably my own fault But...
I prefer to create kernels with -just- what is necessary to allow
the machine the functionality I require at that time .
Then when I need something else, heck whats a compile .
(unless of course your on a 386sx <-> 486sx)
Lets not set things up like the whole world is going
'module happy' , I for one -will not- ! I'd like to have
a reasonable order to things &/or a command line order thru
lilo or somesuch. Please !
> everything, and the loading order is explicit with modules so that this problem
> does not occur. For those not using modules, it's trivial to select any order
> you choose with a trivial edit to the source.
>
> I think we should separate out the question of preserving the SCSI host
> numbering on module unload/reload from the question of probe order.
>
> Leonard
Tia, JimL
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