Re: PATCH: Different SCSI ordering for WIDE SCSI chains.

menion (menion@mindless.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:12:43 +0000


> To avoid this problem, I changed the scanning order for wide scsi
> devices in the kernel. I changed it to:
> 0,8,1,9,2,10,3,11,4,12,5,13,6,14,7,15. This means that wide devices are
> always checked in pairs. Now I can use both ID 1 and 9 for my external
> wide devices and still connect an external non-wide devices.
>

You know, the nicer way to avoid this, the way that I did it, was to use
devfs:

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/rgooch/linux/kernel-patches/v2.1/

I highly recopmmend it. Not to mention that it gives you a lot nicer
interface if you ask me =).

Thanks,
Good Luck,

Joshua

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