Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:51:40 +0800 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <20061005115140.GA47746@svzserv.kemerovo.su> In-Reply-To: <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org> References: <451F6E8E.8020301@freebsd.org> <4523916C.1080905@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <20061004163622.GA35298@xor.obsecurity.org> <20061004173637.GA66349@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org>
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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. Eugene Grosbein
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