Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:21:58 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to kill fdc ? Message-ID: <CADGWnjVF7MN%2B=HXWoR_25eonchkHuy%2BAORQ-e6DYaVv4=r7w-g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80600.1360508028@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> <CADGWnjUn66K_Ngwn0Y_wyqX=RTT13h2FC23NeBH3WqNBBwd%2BXw@mail.gmail.com> <80406.1360502924@critter.freebsd.dk> <CADGWnjXv6YZQ83PjHuwP-rGyj6-j7=s6xiiMd8MMFP6vLo_buw@mail.gmail.com> <80600.1360508028@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > -------- > In message <CADGWnjXv6YZQ83PjHuwP-rGyj6-j7=s6xiiMd8MMFP6vLo_buw@mail.gmail.com> > , "C. P. Ghost" writes: >>On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > >>I was thinking of physical fdc(4). Is there a published interface >>to access the hardware, i.e. to tunnel the commands and return >>values to and from the device? Something like pass(4) but for >>floppies? That way, fdc could be moved to user space and more >>easily debugged. > > Look at /dev/io. Yes, excellent! That was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. > But seriously: All our old releases are available on the net, > 4.11 and 6.2 were both great releases and they have wonderful > floppy support. Sure, there's always a way to read old floppies, it is just not as convenient. We should really fix any problems with fdc(4) though (as in "please please please"). ;-) > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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