[Novalug] kernel pci probe question

[Mark Smith]

my company makes an appliance-like device which includes linux as
its core.  our software is setup to use specific devices for specific
file systems.  in particular we have one appliance with a RAID setup
which is on sda.  the problem is that every now and then it shows
up on a different device special file.

my questions...

is there any possible setting in the BIOS that can change the
ordering of devices?  it was my understanding that the kernel does
its own hardware probe and does not rely on anything the BIOS
provides in that regard.

what else could change the ordering of devices sans actually moving
the card position in the chassis or the connectors on the disk arrays?


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Mark Smith
mark at winksmith.com
mark at tux.org