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Subject: Re: Getting devfs to recognize a hotplugged fd0
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Ed Schouten wrote:

>Hello Patrick,
>
>Patrick Bowen wrote:
>  
>
>>I'm trying to learn how to get devfs to create an fd0 enty in /dev 
>>automatically when I plug a floppy drive into the serial port of a 
>>running Dell D600 laptop running 6.0 current.
>>    
>>
>
>Are you sure that's possible at all? You know the serial port isn't
>plug-and-play? How can the operating system tell that there is something on
>the serial port at all? :)
>
>  
>
Ed;

No, I'm not sure. But, in 4.10, with /dev already populated with an 
entry for fd0, I could plug the floppy into a running machine and then 
mount it, no problem. So I'm thinking that if can either create an entry 
for /dev/fd0 during or shortly after boot time, or get devfs to rescan 
for devices, then it should work on -current also. I occurs to me that 
rescanning might wreak havoc with operations already using other 
devices, like a disk write or something, so the first option may be 
preferable.

This is not a critical issue, but falls more in the category of "Gee, I 
wonder if i can (fill-in-the-blank)" sort of thing.

BTW, thanks for your reply...

Patrick