On my machine the order after startup is always the same. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf # ALSA module ordering options snd slots=snd_hdspm,snd_ice1712,snd_ice1712 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ service rtirq status | grep ice 213 FF 80 - 120 0.0 S irq/20-snd_ice1 214 FF 79 - 119 0.0 S irq/21-snd_ice1 I suspect they are sorted by the IRQ at startup. There's still an issue, it's not possible to automatically restore the MIDI connections, since both cards have got the same MIDI name and when using udev for unique names, only the audio names are changed. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user