From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 25 10:12:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from 1Cust106.tnt2.washington.dc.da.uu.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C3ED151CD; Sat, 25 Dec 1999 10:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:12:35 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman X-Sender: green@green.dyndns.org To: KATO Takenori Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: device name of floppy disk In-Reply-To: <19991225234213C.kato@gneiss.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, KATO Takenori wrote: > The MAKEDEV has such lines as: > > # ln -f ${name}${unit}.1200 ${name}${unit}96 > # ln -f r${name}${unit}.1200 r${name}${unit}96 > # ln -f ${name}${unit}.1200 ${name}${unit}96ds15 > # ln -f r${name}${unit}.1200 r${name}${unit}96ds15 > # ln -f ${name}${unit}.1200 ${name}${unit}135ds15 > # ln -f r${name}${unit}.1200 r${name}${unit}135ds15 > > for floppy disk device. I have questions about these lines. > > 1. What is meanings of the name? I cannot understand meanings of > `96', `96ds15' and `135ds15'. They're all synonymous, so I'd say that they're different names for a double-sided, high density 5.25" floppy. The difference between 135 and 96 is probably sector sizes. In any case, I wouldn't worry over them at all. > 2. Why they are commented out? Obsolescence, I'd think. > 3. Are these entries mandatory for all floppy disk devices? (Should I > make such lines when I add new mode for floppy disk?) When's the last time you saw new modes for 5.25" floppies? I'm not being sarcastic; I'm just pointing out that they're all obsolete. > > Thanks. > > -----------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ > KATO Takenori | FreeBSD | > Dept. Earth Planet. Sci, Nagoya Univ. | The power to serve! | > Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ | > |http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/| > ++++ FreeBSD(98) 3.3R-Rev. 01 available! +==========================+ -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message