>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Peter> Can anybody shed any light on how hardware (block) devices are
Peter> mapped to /dev/ entries in Linux. In the bad old days of System
Peter> V if you had a device on say

It's simply the order they're scanned in.

sda -- the first disc found
sdb -- the second disc found.
sdc -- the third disc found

etc.

Most SCSI HBA drivers scan from low scsi address to high, some scan the
other way, and some are configurable.

Dr Peter Chubb  http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au  peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
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