From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261482AbUBYRfy (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:35:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261480AbUBYRfy (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:35:54 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:30394 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261475AbUBYRfn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:35:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:35:40 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Matt Domsch Cc: "'Christoph Hellwig'" , "Mukker, Atul" , "'Arjan van de Ven'" , "'James Bottomley'" , "'Paul Wagland'" , Matthew Wilcox , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: [SUBJECT CHANGE]: megaraid unified driver version 2.20.0.0-alpha1 Message-ID: <20040225173540.GB25779@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <0E3FA95632D6D047BA649F95DAB60E57033BC3E2@exa-atlanta.se.lsil.com> <20040225131640.A3966@infradead.org> <20040225112839.A14838@lists.us.dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040225112839.A14838@lists.us.dell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:28:39AM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > The list of PCI devices should be ordered in two buckets: ROMBs first, > then add in cards; secondarily, oldest to newest. We do this with > aacraid today. In 2.4, you can do what you like. The list of PCI devices is in PCI bus number order, and that's the order you get when you use the hotplug interfaces. Yes, this is a painful customer-visible change, but if they use scsi discs, they must already be used to devices changing name at random. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain