On 2011-06-19 10:27, Yasha Karant wrote:
I fully understand that the /dev entries are created at boot time if the
driver actually is present (generally, in kernel space, but there are
exceptions where a driver crosses between kernel and user space). As it
is clear that the driver is present, why is the driver not autoloaded
during boot if the hardware is present?
The kernel team chose to stop loading the floppy driver automatically
due to problems with certain floppy disk controllers. [0] [1]
In which file(s) in SL6 does one make the modification to force the
existence of /dev/fd0 at each boot? As far as I can tell, SL6 is loading
drivers for all of the other physical hardware on the unit.
You should be able to create a file in /etc/modprobe.d that makes the
floppy driver load automatically when a floppy drive is around, though I
have no idea what the syntax for that is.
[0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599127
[1]
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=kernel.git;a=blob;f=die-floppy-die.patch
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Garrett Holmstrom
