"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:29:24 -0800 Andrew Morton wrote: > > > "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Link scsi-debug driver after SATA so that scsi-debug does not > > > interfere with real SCSI device ordering. > > > Yes, I was bitten by this. > > > > > > > What does "bitten" mean? > > It means that I got the usual "VFS: could not find root filesystem on > device (8,8)" (or however it is spelled). > Oh, and that I had to add netconsole to see what was causing it, > but that is easy enough to do. > > > Is this a regression? > > It's probably been like this ever since SATA was added (libata) > and only happens if SCSI_DEBUG=y (so I changed it to =m). > I can't say that it's a regression since this occurred on a new > machine. OK, thanks. For the recond, I altered the changelog to read Changing CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG from =n or =m to =y can cause the enumeration of the SATA devices to change. Fix that by linking the scsi-debug driver after the SATA drivers. > > Is this 2.6.16 material? > > Well... I would say yes, I don't think it's too risky for that. Pretty much any change is risky in this kernel :( James, your call please. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html