Re: Promise 20265 IDE chip gets detected in wrong order 2.4.x

[Martin Dalecki]

Dan Hopper wrote:
> Andre Hedrick <[e-mail]> remarked:
> 
>>append="ide=reverse"
> 
> 
> You're right, this works, too, and is a lot easier to remember than
> the override I used before.  
> 
> 
>>Various Mainboard manufacturers do things to place the FAKE-RAID in front
>>of the the legacy south bridge.  This is classic Windows spoofing.
>>
>>
>>>PDC20265: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 68
>>>VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89
>>
> 
> So, the I/O port assignments don't in fact properly determine the
> assignment order?  I'm gathering from what you're saying that the
> current behavior is related to PCI bus location?

Precisely: The PCI bus detection order matters.