SCSI0/SCSI1 naming?

Matt Nelson (mnelson@dynatec.com)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 07:15:07 -0700 (PDT)


sorry to bother this list, but i haven't been able to find an answer
elsewhere. here's my problem: i have a linux/alpha box (164lx) with two
scsi adapters in it (NCR 53c875 based). the AlphaBIOS recognizes the
cards in one order (i.e. #1=SCSI0 and #2=SCSI1) while the linux
kernel/milo recognize them in the oposite order. why is this a problem?
this machine is used for classified data processing, so a variety of disks
are/can be attached to it, and depending on whether any disks are hanging
off of one of the controllers, /dev/sda gets remapped, causing problems
booting.

now that i've done a cruddy job of explaining my problem, heres the real
question: is there something i can pass the kernel to tell it which card
i want to be SCSI0 and which i want to be SCSI1? or do i have to resort
to devfs to ensure my drives are properly named?

thanks,

-matt

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