linux-kernel - Re: What still uses the block layer?

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Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:04:01 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...e.de>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Nick Piggin <piggin@...erone.com.au>
Subject: Re: What still uses the block layer?

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 07:54:22PM -0700, david@...g.hm wrote:
> do PCI devices reorder their bus numbers spontaniously, or only if you 
> change the hardware?

The only system I've had that reordered PCI bus numbers was when I had a
partitionable system and changed the partitioning.  Not quite "change
the hardware", but neither was it "spontaneous".  It was certainly
unexpected (for me).

Greg probably has quite different examples.

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