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 15:02:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:02:08 -0500 Received: from blackhole.compendium-tech.com ([206.55.153.26]:5108 "EHLO sol.compendium-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:02:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:01:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" To: Venkatesh Ramamurthy cc: "'Dominik Kubla'" , "'David Woodhouse'" , "'linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org'" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "'Alan Cox'" Subject: RE: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? In-Reply-To: <1355693A51C0D211B55A00105ACCFE64E95191@ATL_MS1> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Venkatesh Ramamurthy wrote: > > 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 > [Venkatesh Ramamurthy] I think it would be a nice idea if we can > make this process automatic , with out user typing in the order and > remembering it. The fact that a kernel developer is not using the machines > daily to get his work done should be in our minds. If we do this Linux would > become more user friendly you're forgetting that in /etc/lilo.conf there is a directive called 'append='... all the user has to do is merely add 'append="scsihosts=whatever,whatever"' into their config file and rerun lilo. problem solved besides, how many 'end-users' do you know of that will have multiple scsi adapters in one system? how many end-users -period- will have even a *single* scsi adapter in their systems? do we need to bloat the kernel with automatic things like this? no... i think it is handled fine the way it is. if the user wants to add more than one scsi adapter into his system, let him read some documentation on how to do so. (is this even a documented feature? if not, i think it should be added to the docs...) just my thoughts on the matter.... Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/