From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Sep 6 23:20:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA29771 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 23:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA29763 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 23:20:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.cybercity.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA06439; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:19:53 +0200 (CEST) To: Chris Dillon cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape geometries for the floppy-tape driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 06 Sep 1997 20:44:47 -0000." Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 08:19:53 +0200 Message-ID: <6437.873613193@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , Chris Dillon writes: > >On 06-Sep-97 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >>> I notice that FreeBSD's ft driver has been stagnant for some time. I >> >>This driver has been, in fact, abandoned. >> >> Jordan > >I see.. That would explain the situation. :) But with the new >proliferance of floppy-based tape devices (IDE too, but I won't go >there..), wouldn't it be wise for *someone* to try and keep it just a >little up to date? I am going to try (cross fingers) my best to add some >tape geometries to that table (gonna have to read the source to find out >what all those fields are, i guess.. unless someone is kind enough to tell >me) and test them out. Would there be any problems with someone >submitting the changes if I do so? By all means go for it! We'd be more than happy of you breath a little life into this driver! -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."