From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 15:04:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1264B1065682 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A408FC15 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.3/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m8HF4YcT087565 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:35 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 164 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23E189D68 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 957B210B; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:33 +0200 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20080917150433.GA3585@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mail-Followup-To: Michel Talon , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8270/Wed Sep 17 15:15:56 2008 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at jchkmail2.jussieu.fr with ID 48D10085.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 48D10085.001/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 48D10085.001 on jchkmail2.jussieu.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.047 -> S=0.047 X-j-chkmail-Status: Ham Cc: Subject: floppy disk controller broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:38 -0000 Hello, when testing FreeBSD-7.1-BETA i discovered that the floppy disk controller doesn't work correctly. Trying to format a floppy (perhaps with bad blocks) i get: Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Device not configured instead of the normal E letter. I then checked the same problem is present on FreeBSD-6.3 and it has been reported by Beech Rintoul (*) in 2006! Of course the floppy disk driver is particularly messy, but this is not pretty. (*) i386/103862: Error with fdformat -- Michel TALON