Re: 2.1.93..

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:48:11 +0200


Hello,

> The issue is how the driver can determine which is the bootup SCSI controller.
> The algorithm to do that requires using the PCI BIOS order, and then querying
> that card if it is a BT-948/958/958D to see if the sorted order should be used
> or the natural one. For the DAC960, I'm told the PCI BIOS enumeration gives
> the correct ordering, so in that case I just use what I find.

Well, maybe I'm rather dumb, but I still don't understand what's so special
with the bootup SCSI controler that it has to be handled differently.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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