Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:58:36 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with fdc0 w/Athlon and via chipset. Floppy isn't recognized. Message-ID: <20040823065836.4ows4o8ck8o8k0cw@mail.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <20040822194550.L94593@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040822062942.jdgc48ksoo8c8kk0@mail.encontacto.net> <20040822194550.L94593@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Quoting Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Edwin Culp wrote: > >> I've been seeing this problem for some time. I've seen other >> folks comment about it also. I'm wondering if it is operator >> error or if there really is a problem. >> >> fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port >> 0x3f7,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f2-0x3f3 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 >> fdc0: I/O to control range incorrect >> device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6 >> >> I see this on all my athlon/via machines. I'm running current as >> yesterday. > > Your BIOS writer is on crack. I'm not surprised. :) They're cheap and seem to work ok in every other way so there are probably more out there than a person might think. > I think Nate was working on a hack to glue > the ranges together to work around this. Is there anything I can do on this end. (Change configuration, test patches, etc?) Thanks, Doug, for confirming my suspicions. ed > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org >
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