From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 28 1:49: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C54115463 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:48:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA05549; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:51:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:51:08 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Wilko Bulte Cc: FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: 2.88Mb floppies In-Reply-To: <199909272039.WAA04128@yedi.iaf.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Hi there, > > Just having installed a 2.88Mb floppy drive in one of my axp boxes > I wonder if FreeBSD can do 2.88Mb floppy disks. From the looks > of the contents of /sys/i386/isa/fd.c: > > static struct fd_type fd_types[NUMTYPES] = > { > { 21,2,0xFF,0x04,82,3444,1,FDC_500KBPS,2,0x0C,2 }, /* 1.72M in HD 3.5in */ > { 18,2,0xFF,0x1B,82,2952,1,FDC_500KBPS,2,0x6C,1 }, /* 1.48M in HD 3.5in */ > { 18,2,0xFF,0x1B,80,2880,1,FDC_500KBPS,2,0x6C,1 }, /* 1.44M in HD 3.5in */ > > it appears it cannot. > > Is this true? Is there anything that stops one from adding an appropriate > line to this struct? And to dev/MAKEDEV of course? I have no idea whether that driver can cope with 2.88mb floppies to be honest. There is only one way to find out... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message