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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 1995 21:32:19 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com
Cc:        CVS-commiters@time.cdrom.com, cvs-share@time.cdrom.com, jkh@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/FAQ/Text FreeBSD.FAQ
Message-ID:  <199504091132.VAA15411@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> 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?

This should work.

>Why isn't id_enabled more aptly named "id_disabled"? :-)

I think because someone named jkh named it :-).  I think positive logic
flags are better, however...  I once named beelyuns of flags with negative
logic to make 0-initialization give the right defaults, but I thought
better of it after maintaining it for a while.

Bruce



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