Bug#586029: udev: 3ware 8006 RAID controller gets a new controller, ID on each reboot

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi again,

Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Patrick Matthäi wrote:

>> looks like a real (fixed) bug:
>>
>> 1) in the past (etch times) it does not happen
>> 2) With squeeze and some more kernel versions + the issue occurs
>> 3) Now - with 2.6.37 (maybe also with 2.6.36, just notified it now) it
>> isn't changing on each reboot again and again
>
> I have not looked into this, but here are some quick questions anyway.
>
>  - is this reproducible with current squeeze kernels? (I assume it is)
>  - can you bisect a little to narrow down the range to search for the
>    fix, using kernels from snapshot.debian.org?

I guess some more basic questions are warranted before spending time
on it:

 - do you still have access to this hardware?
 - if so, if we come up with patches against squeeze to fix this,
   would you be interested in testing them?

Sorry for the trouble and the slow response.
Jonathan