From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:47:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:47:11 -0500 Received: from lsb-catv-1-p021.vtxnet.ch ([212.147.5.21]:2834 "EHLO almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:46:58 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:46:50 +0100 From: Werner Almesberger To: Matti Aarnio Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Message-ID: <20010117214650.Q18286@almesberger.net> In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E95191@ATL_MS1> <20010117202222.B4979@almesberger.net> <20010117223206.H25659@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010117223206.H25659@mea-ext.zmailer.org>; from matti.aarnio@zmailer.org on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 10:32:06PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matti Aarnio wrote: > 2.4.0 with devfs mounted at boot time into /dev/ Or /proc/partitions, which - according to the mount(8) man page - has been around since 2.1.116. So we're not exactly talking crazy upgrade paths here. > This new style (which contains, hopefully, physical PCI location) > mount device paths will failry easily handle question about which > is where... And the partitions are PHYSICAL partition numbers, Hmm, without PCI locations, you still need to know how the system determines which interface becomes host0. Also, PCI locations probably aren't the most user-friendly way for identifying things ;-) But for the occasional problem case where label or uuid don't work, any such information is, of course, valuable. - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, ICA, EPFL, CH Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch / /_IN_N_032__Tel_+41_21_693_6621__Fax_+41_21_693_6610_____________________/ - 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/