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 - 05:20:59 EST
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.
I'll test v4.6 next.
v4.8-rc1: SATA disk is sde, behind USB card readers. Not helpful.
Best regards,
Pavel
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