Re: Regression - SATA disks behind USB ones on v4.8-rc1, breaking boot. [Re: Who reordered my disks (probably v4.8-rc1 problem)]

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Aug 14 2016 - 12:07:09 EST


On Sun 2016-08-14 12:14:38, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Sun 2016-08-14 11:20:44, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > It seems that in v4.8-rc0, /dev/sdX got reordered, and now USB devices
> > > are probed before SATA drivers. That is pretty anti-social. It
> > > broke my boot on my primary machine, and unfortunately due to BIOS
> > > problems (keyboard does not work when connected through a hub) it is
> > > less fun than it should be.
> >
> > If you know which commit caused the reordering, that would be helpful.
> >
> > v4.1 seems to be ok: SATA disk is sda, as expected.
> >
> > v4.4 seems to be ok: SATA disk is sda, as expected.
>
> v4.6 seems to be ok.

v4.7-rc1 seems to be ok?! 9956d572
v4.7-rc3 seems still to be ok.
v4.7-rc4: still ok.
v4.7-rc5: ok.
v4.7-rc6: problem

Bisecting now, 8 steps to go. As it was introduced between -rc5 and
-rc6, bisect should not be too scary.

Best regards,
Pavel

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