Re: 2.6.17-mm6

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:44:03 +0100 Alan Cox wrote:

> Ar Gwe, 2006-07-07 am 17:55 +0200, ysgrifennodd J.A. Magallón:
> > I think it is enough to change the detection order, first real SATA and then
> > PATA, so the only drives that change names are the PATA ones.
> > (it that's easy enough...)
> 
> The order is determined by the PCI layer code, and of course by what
> order you load the modules. Rigidly defined certainities about driver
> ordering went out with hotplug. 

For built-in drivers, the link order matters.
The the libata PATA drivers are sort of "randomly" mixed in
with the SATA drivers.

> > Mmm, I have thought on another thing. RAID devices do not store the /dev
> > node of pieces on the superblock, just drive IDs, isn't it ?
> 
> RAID just works and LVM. I flip Fedora boxes between drivers on a
> regular basis without a glitch.


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~Randy
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