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  • Bug#987906: release-notes: mention non-deterministic SCSI device pr

    From Justin B Rye@21:1/5 to Andrei POPESCU on Tue May 25 10:00:02 2021
    Andrei POPESCU wrote:
    Slightly more verbose:

    Due to changes in the Linux kernel the probing of SCSI devices is no
    longer deterministic. This could be an issue for installations that
    rely on the disk probing order. Two possible alternatives using
    links in /dev/disk/by-path or an udev rule are suggested in this
    Linux Kernel Mailing List post.

    Make that *a* udev rule, but otherwise this looks good. With
    formatting:

    <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>
    --
    JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
    sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

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  • From Andrei POPESCU@21:1/5 to Paul Gevers on Tue May 25 09:50:02 2021
    On Lu, 24 mai 21, 21:38:57, Paul Gevers wrote:

    How does the attached proposed text look?

    + <section id="scsi-non-deterministic">
    + <title>SCSI device probing is non-deterministic</title>
    + <para>
    + Due to changes in Linux, the probing of SCSI devices is no
    + longer deteministic. This can be an issue for installations that
    + rely on the disk order. The <ulink
    + url="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/59eedd28-25d4-7899-7c3c-89fe7fdd4b43@acm.org/">Linux
    + Kernel Mail List</ulink> suggests two solutions.
    + </para>
    + </section>

    Slightly more verbose:

    Due to changes in the Linux kernel the probing of SCSI devices is no
    longer deterministic. This could be an issue for installations that
    rely on the disk probing order. Two possible alternatives using
    links in /dev/disk/by-path or an udev rule are suggested in this
    Linux Kernel Mailing List post.


    Kind regards,
    Andrei
    --
    http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

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  • From Justin B Rye@21:1/5 to Justin B Rye on Tue May 25 10:20:01 2021
    Justin B Rye wrote:
    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>.

    Um, except that that isn't the LKML, it's just *A* linux-related ML.

    And I'd missed a typo in "dete^r^ministic".

    <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 deterministic. 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
    mailing list post</ulink>.
    </para>
    </section>

    --
    JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
    sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

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  • From Justin B Rye@21:1/5 to Andrei POPESCU on Tue May 25 10:20:01 2021
    Andrei POPESCU wrote:
    Ugh, I blame it on lack of tea (I did notice that too in the original suggestion) :)

    In my case it's "why am I drinking this stuff anyway when I just got
    some *proper* coffee?"
    --
    JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
    sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

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