From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 9 22:53:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F96D16A518; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:53:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0905C43D4C; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:53:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k99MrmOK081368; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:53:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:07:30 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <451F6E8E.8020301@freebsd.org> <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org> <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su> In-Reply-To: <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610091807.30591.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:53:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2016/Mon Oct 9 12:58:54 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Robert Watson , Eugene Grosbein Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon 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: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:53:55 -0000 On Thursday 05 October 2006 07:51, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:30:09AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > > >>When this kind of thing happens you just need to periodically make a bit > > >>of noise to make sure it doesn't get forgotten. In particular you should > > >>mention the problem to re@ so they can investigate and track it. > > > > > >Do I need to bother re@ with non-working fdc(4) in 6.2-PRERELEASE? > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/103841 > > > > > >In short: dual boot computer, floppy drive works in Windows, does not work > > >at all in 6.2-PRE. > > > > Could you try booting a 6.1 or 6.0 CD and see if this is a regression from > > previous FreeBSD versions? Often, floppy disk problems are a symptom of an > > ACPI/BIOS problem, FYI, so you might want to check if there's a BIOS update > > from your system/motherboard vendor. > > I run latest BIOS afaik. > > It's definetely a regression from 4.11-STABLE that runs fine > on this system with ACPI fully enabled (see also followup to the PR > that I made today for more details). I have up-to-date mirror of FreeBSD Repo > here so can build 6.1 or 6.0 kernel to test, and I will. The ACPI in 4.11 is not fully enabled by any stretch of the imagination. It only manages the power button. :) It doesn't enumerate devices like fdc0. 4.x only uses PNPBIOS and kernel config for that. -- John Baldwin