Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:15:02 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Cc: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: RE: Time to kill fdc ? Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201EA6BE0@ltcfiswmsgmb21> In-Reply-To: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > I tried to read a floppy disk yesterday. >=20 > When was the last time anybody tried that with a FreeBSD release ? >=20 I did it last week on 9.0-R. Worked great. (I have more than plans to continue supporting floppies -- I've actually wr= itten code in the past 3 weeks supporting floppies as a test-case called fo= r it; commit still pending) > Based on my brief experiments yesterday, 6.X is the last release > where accessing floppy disks carry less than a 10% risk of a panic. >=20 > Unless somebody fixes the fdc driver to work in -current, I intend > to dust of my axe and cut it from the tree later this spring. I was using 9.0-R, admittedly far from -CURRENT. Sad because my up-coming H= EAD commit was tested on 9.0-R -- if fdc is broken in CURRENT I need to ret= hink things (especially if you're dusting off your axe). --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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