[parisc-linux] Re: Added a new SCSI disk, hda became hdb

[Grant Grundler]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 10:42:12PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> This is because HPUX uses the ANSI-approved scan order -- 7,6,5,...,0

Not true. HPUX scans the SCSI bus from 0-7 for narrow or 0-15 for wide.

Under HPUX, SCSI controllers are assigned instance numbers and the
kernel records those in /stand/ioconfig. The SCSI controller will
get the same instance number after reboot regardless of other IO
devices changing.

grant