Jeff Garzik wrote: > Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > >> I needed a 4-port SATA controller and this was was picked. It seems >> to work OK, however I find that Linux (2.6.12.5 and .13-rc7) see >> the disks in a different order than the labelled sockets (which do >> match what the BIOS detection lists at bootup). >> >> It is not even the reverse order: >> TX4 socket sata_promise ata* >> 1 4 >> 2 2 >> 3 1 >> 4 3 >> This order looks stable - I connected a different number of disks >> on some ports and this ordering was maintained. > > > sata_promise driver just presents the devices in the order that the > board maker has wired each port to the chip. What may be labelled "port > 3" on the board might be wired to the chip's port-0. sata_promise just > presents what it is given. > > Jeff
Seeing how people trust these number, the confusion is risky. I may remove the wrong raid disk when it is reported offline and lose the lot. If we know the wiring (I assume this is stable for each board) why not arrange the logical ports accordingly? Much more user friendly. Thanks -- Eyal Lebedinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://samba.org/eyal/> attach .zip as .dat - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
