>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Paul, Paul> Updating from Linux 4.4.X to Linux 4.8.4, we noticed that the Paul> 3ware devices under `/dev` – `/dev/twa0`, `/dev/twa1`, … – map to Paul> the controllers differently. Paul> This unfortunately breaks quite a lot of our scripts, as we depend Paul> on the fact that the first controller is also in the front. It's not the 3ware drivers since they have not been updated in a long time (since way before 4.4). Linux does not provide device discovery ordering guarantees. You need to fix your scripts to use UUIDs, filesystem labels, or DM devices to get stable naming. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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