Re: 2.4.20-pre8 swaps ide controller order on A7V266-E

From: David Balazic (david.balazic@uni-mb.si)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 07:24:02 EST


Samuel Flory (sflory@rackable.com) wrote :

>
> I'm not sure what the kernel issue is, but there is a simple work
> around. Enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD (aka boot off-board chipsets
> first) in the ide section. You can also produce the same effect via

What is the meaning of the word "boot" here ?
As this is a kernel option, it comes into effect when the kernel is
already loaded, so the boot already happened and this option can have
no effect on it.
Confused ...

> ide=reverse on the kernel command line (or an append statement in lilo).
> This will reverse the order in which the chipsets are seen.

regards,
david
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