Alan Cox wrote: >> I do not think that there is any way for anaconda, given the constraints >> of libata and the BIOS, to determine if the first drive offered is PATA. > > In theory you can map BIOS drives to PCI devices using EDD 3.0 tables and > then use word 93 of the identify data to map the devices to PATA v SATA. > > In practice EDD tables seem to be pretty good but various devices get > word 93 wrong - notably cruddy ATAPI devices. > > Our current order is basically > > - link order for compiled in drivers (if any), which is fairly undefined > but does put acpi, generic, legacy last > > - module load order otherwise > > For multiple devices off the same module it is then defined by the PCI > bus ordering of devices which depends on the PCI scan order. > > The order modules get loaded is from userspace Thanks, that's all useful info. Maybe I can use it to figure out a solution. -- Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
