Doug Ledford wrote:
> Strictly speaking, it's *very* hard for the driver to know exactly which
> order the BIOS will put the cards into since this can vary from BIOS to
> BIOS.
Is there a way for the kernel to find out in what order the Bios detected the
controllers or the disks? Or are these data structures destroyed when the
kernel comes up?
Kristian
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Doug Ledford wrote:
Strictly speaking, it's *very* hard for the driver
to know exactly which
order the BIOS will put the cards into since this can vary from BIOS
to
BIOS.
Is there a way for the kernel to find out in what order the Bios detected
the controllers or the disks? Or are these data structures destroyed when
the kernel comes up?
Kristian
--
Kristian Koehntopp, Wassilystrasse 30, 24113 Kiel, +49 431 688897
"PENGUINICITY!!"
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