From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:41:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:41:11 -0500 Received: from mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE ([134.93.8.56]:28123 "EHLO mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:40:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:40:09 +0100 From: Dominik Kubla To: Venkatesh Ramamurthy Cc: "'David Woodhouse'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'Alan Cox'" Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Message-ID: <20010116174009.B12251@uni-mainz.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dominik Kubla , Venkatesh Ramamurthy , 'David Woodhouse' , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , 'Alan Cox' In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E9518D@ATL_MS1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E9518D@ATL_MS1>; from Venkateshr@ami.com on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:19:34AM -0500 X-No-Archive: yes Restrict: no-external-archive Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:19:34AM -0500, Venkatesh Ramamurthy wrote: > > It should be possible to read the BIOS setting for this option and > > behave accordingly. Please give full details of how to read and interpret > > the information stored in the CMOS for all versions of AMI BIOS, and I'll > > take a look at this. > [Venkatesh Ramamurthy] When i meant BIOS setting option i meant the > SCSI BIOS settings not system BIOS option. The two SCSI controllers are of > different make. This situation is made worse when the system has many cards > of different makes and one of the controller somewhere in the middle of all > the slots is made the boot controller. This is due to the fixed ordering of the scsi drivers. You can change the order of the scsi hosts with the "scsihosts" kernel parameter. See linux/drivers/scsi/scsi.c Yours, Dominik -- http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html - No Software Patents In Europe! http://petition.lugs.ch/ (in Switzerland) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/