Bug#462488: kernel: Promise PDC40718-based SATA card -- port numbering problem

2008-01-25 Thread Florian Weimer
* maximilian attems: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:12:57AM -0800, Rich Wales wrote: >> >> Thus, /dev/sda may not necessarily be the same as the boot drive. >> If, for instance, I have two SATA drives plugged into physically >> labelled ports 1 and 2, the computer will try to boot off the drive >>

Bug#462488: kernel: Promise PDC40718-based SATA card -- port numbering problem

2008-01-25 Thread Rich Wales
Package: kernel Severity: important I'm having a problem with inconsistent numbering of the four internal SATA ports on a Promise SATA300 TX4 controller (PCI, non-RAID, uses Promise PDC40718 chip). The ports are physically labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 on the card -- but the ports are logically treated by