Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 08:19:53 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape geometries for the floppy-tape driver Message-ID: <6437.873613193@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Sep 1997 20:44:47 -0000." <XFMail.970906205147.cdillon@tri-lakes.net>
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In message <XFMail.970906205147.cdillon@tri-lakes.net>, 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."
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