Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:56:18 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1BETA3 amd64 doesn't detect my floppy drive Message-ID: <20070130175618.GB77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200701301638.22343.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20060306.155239.11596782.imp@bsdimp.com> <200701291659.28959.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20070129.065748.110115339.imp@bsdimp.com> <200701301638.22343.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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--z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 04:37:50PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Tuesday 30 January 2007 00:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > : I did the USB/Firewire thing just to make sure one wasn't the direct > > : cause. > > > > Maybe we have yet another issue with resources... >=20 > I thing I have noticed is that when the floppy attach fails there is anot= her=20 > attempt a short time later. >=20 > Not sure if it's related though. >=20 > Anyone know of any debugging that could be tried to shed more light on th= e=20 > problem? I've built a kernel without "device fdc" on amd64 at least since 5.4 IIRC. I had problems with hangs when accessing the floppy drive.=20 Haven't used floppies in years, don't miss them. A USB thumbdrive holds a lot more data anyway. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFv4bCEnfvsMMhpyURAkZcAKCN50tTmOf1r1GNEsAMFgrAJZN1dgCfZ5uu 8v3QxvqW1nHQT25ekx5di+4= =gU1k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8--
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