From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 12 05:56:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF3A16A4E7; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from sippysoft.com (gk.360sip.com [72.236.70.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBAC43D46; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.0.92] ([204.244.149.125]) (authenticated bits=0) by sippysoft.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6C5urlU067369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:56:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <44B48F0E.1050704@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:56:30 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Sippy Software, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jung-uk Kim References: <200607120049.k6C0nlHN034350@repoman.freebsd.org> <200607112059.39655.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200607112059.39655.jkim@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-U; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fdc fdc.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:57 -0000 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