Jung-uk Kim wrote:
On Tuesday 11 July 2006 08:49 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
jkim 2006-07-12 00:49:47 UTC
FreeBSD src repository
Modified files:
sys/dev/fdc fdc.c
Log:
Assume floppy disk is not inserted when we have exhausted
retries. This significantly reduces booting time when there is
broken floppy disk drive, controller, cable, BIOS, etc.
When the floppy controller interface is correctly implemented,
disk change signal (DSKCHG) is reflected in the Digital Input
Register (DIR) at 0x3f7. However, there are many cases that the
signal is unusable. Moreover, some BIOS does not reserve the port
at all. In those cases, the register may not function.
Revision Changes Path
1.311 +3 -0 src/sys/dev/fdc/fdc.c
Linux device driver seems to have 'broken_dcl' boot time option to
work around this issue, i.e., assuming disk change for every floppy
disk access, which is quite ugly, IMHO. Does anybody have better
idea to fix these cases?
Not really relevant, but who cares about floppy in 2006 when one can buy
256MB USB flash for the price of the pack of floppies? ;-)
No offense intended, just curious.
-Maxim
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