On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Michael T. Babcock wrote:
> Arthur van Leeuwen wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately, in systems with identical cards that are configured using
> >plug-and-play methods such as those used by PCI random is the best shot you
> >have...
> >
> >
> 'Deterministic' is more accurate. It seems to be random, on first boot.
> But it will almost never change after that unless you make hardware
> changes, in my experience.
Not in mine. Every time the PCI bus settings (can't recall the name right
now, have been playing with a fixed hardware platform for quite a while)
get reset there will probably be a different assignation. Yeah, it'll
probably be deterministic *somehow*, but you'll be hard pressed to come up
with any rules.
Doei, Arthur.
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