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Re: Bug#987906: release-notes: mention non-deterministic SCSI device probing?



Justin B Rye wrote:
>    <section id="scsi-non-deterministic">
>      <title>SCSI device probing is non-deterministic</title>
>      <para>
>        Due to changes in the Linux kernel, the probing of SCSI devices is no
>        longer deteministic. This could be an issue for installations that
>        rely on the disk probing order. Two possible alternatives using links
>        in <filename>/dev/disk/by-path</filename> or a <systemitem
>        role="package">udev</systemitem> rule are suggested in
>        <ulink url="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/59eedd28-25d4-7899-7c3c-89fe7fdd4b43@acm.org/";>this
>        Linux Kernel Mail List post</ulink>.
>      </para>
>    </section>

Oh, LKML's officially the Linux Kernel Mail^ing^ list.  And we could
save a whole three characters in that URL if we use the redirector:

        role="package">udev</systemitem> rule are suggested in
        <ulink url="https://lore.kernel.org/r/59eedd28-25d4-7899-7c3c-89fe7fdd4b43@acm.org/";>this
        Linux Kernel Mailing List post</ulink>.
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package


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