Re: PCI device order problem

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

H. J. Lu wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 07:49:41PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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>
>>H. J. Lu wrote:
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>>>In arch/i386/kernel/pci-pc.c, there are
>>>
>>>/*
>>>* Sort the device list according to PCI BIOS. Nasty hack, but since some
>>>* fool forgot to define the `correct' device order in the PCI BIOS specs
>>>* and we want to be (possibly bug-to-bug ;-]) compatible with older kernels 
>>>* which used BIOS ordering, we are bound to do this... 
>>>*/
>>>
>>>static void __devinit pcibios_sort(void)
>>>
>>>The problem is on my MB:
>>>
>>>00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. e7500 [Plumas] DRAM Controller (rev 03)
>>>00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corp. e7500 [Plumas] DRAM Controller Error Reporting ( rev 03)
>>>00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. e7500 [Plumas] HI_C Virtual PCI Bridge (F0) (rev 03)
>>>00:03.1 Class ff00: Intel Corp. e7500 [Plumas] HI_C Virtual PCI Bridge (F1) (rev 03)
>>>00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub  (rev 02)
>>>00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub  (rev 02)
>>>00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 42)
>>>00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
>>>00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CA IDE U100 (rev 02)
>>>00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus (rev 02)
>>>01:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
>>>02:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 03)
>>>02:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 03)
>>>02:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 03)
>>>02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 03)
>>>03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
>>>03:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
>>>03:08.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID (rev 01)
>>>
>>>Eth1 becomes:
>>>03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
>>>
>>>and eth0 becomes:
>>>03:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
>>>
>>>Is that a good idea to have an option to sort the PCI device by PCI bus and
>>>slot numbers?
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>Without answering your specific question, but addressing $subject, what 
>>problem is caused by the PCI device order you see?
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>
>It is different from the hardware documentation. The hardware manual says
>it has 2 NICs, NIC 1 (03:07.0) and NIC2 (03:07.1), which makes senses
>to me. NIC 1 is a special one which supports IPMI over LAN. Since we
>only use one NIC now, we'd like to use NIC 1 and call it eth0.
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>

Well, overall, depending on ordering is error-prone (as you see).  I 
would suggest migrating to a less-fragile scheme.  nameif and ethtool 
together should get you exactly the device you need...  (though I wonder 
why simply using eth1 is so awful, if this situation is constant...)

    Jeff