Re: scsi bus numbering

[Justin T. Gibbs]

>On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>> >>>>>>>>>  scsihosts  <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>> As a boot time option try:
>>   scsihosts=aic7xxx:ncr53c8xxx
>> or if you are using lilo, in /etc/lilo.conf add:
>>   append="scsihosts=aic7xxx:ncr53c8xxx"
>
>that does indeed change the bus numbering. Unfortunately, even
>with this option, the first disk on the ncr controller becomes
>"/dev/sda" ...
>
>regards,
>               Peter Daum

This is probably because the aic7xxx driver is not linked into
the scsi "library" for statically compiled HBA drivers.  It is
linked directly into the kernel and I believe is after the scsi.a
entry on the link line.  I'll look into this on monday.

--
Justin