"Wolfgang Wegner wrote:"
> > Given two host adapters each with 1 disk of ID 0, how do I tell Linux which
> > is sda and which sdb?
> [...]
> which leads me to the question:
> Is there any reason for the (IMHO stupid) "dynamic" naming of
> SCSI devices (in contrast to e.g. IDE devices or the "physical"
> device naming used in Solaris)?
Yes. Shortage of 16-bit major/minor numbers.
> It may be possible always maintaining the "right" order with
> one SCSI chain, but as soon as there is a second bus, it is
> really a pain. Is devfs the only solution?
You can try:
- loading scsi drivers as modules in appropriate order (possibly using
initrd if root filesystem is located on any of them)
- using devfs names.
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