From owner-freebsd-commit Sun Apr 9 03:59:46 1995 Return-Path: commit-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id DAA17004 for commit-outgoing; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:59:46 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id DAA16991 for cvs-share-outgoing; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:59:44 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id DAA16984 ; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:59:31 -0700 Received: from freefall.cdrom.com (freefall.cdrom.com [192.216.222.4]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA16338; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:59:31 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id DAA16923 ; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:54:04 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans cc: CVS-commiters@time.cdrom.com, cvs-share@time.cdrom.com, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/FAQ/Text FreeBSD.FAQ In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Apr 95 20:24:41 +1000." <199504091024.UAA13924@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 03:54:00 -0700 Message-ID: <16921.797424840@freefall.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: commit-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > >> This should be fixed properly before it becomes a FAWrongQ. Drivers > >> should be disabled by setting id_enabled to 1, not by setting some > >> driver-dependent flag to 1. > > >And how do you propose to do that for fdc0 in a way that will leave > >your floppies working? :-) > > Hmmm.. The fd and wd drivers need to be fixed. They forget to look at > the id_enable flag in their biotabs. So you're saying that I should be able to set the id_enabled flag on ft0 and the floppy controller code can selectively disable only that device, yes? Why isn't id_enabled more aptly named "id_disabled"? :-) Jordan