From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 8 16:35:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA04400 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA04386 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:35:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA23848 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:16:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA04243; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:42:44 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712090012.KAA04243@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: mark thompson cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.com Subject: Re: linux emu. In-reply-to: Your message of "08 Dec 1997 14:34:23 -0000." <19971208143423.2747.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 10:42:42 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Trying to run executor, on FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE (MARX) #1: . > Tantalyzingly close to being useful. > > When i use the 'Check for floppy' function i get... > LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=5, typ=0x53(S), num=0xb not implemented > > I am willing to bet that fd=5 is the floppy. Any idea what ioctl > 0x53/0xb is supposed to do? /* * CD-ROM IOCTL commands * For IOCTL calls, we will commandeer byte 0x53, or 'S'. */ ... #define CDROMSUBCHNL 0x530b /* (struct cdrom_subchnl) */ I can't see it preventing Executor from running usefully. mike