Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:35:15 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Subject: Re: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support Message-ID: <201712040035.vB40ZFjx037674@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> of "Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:11:48 -0700." <CANCZdfq=8VoHDG-_KFGoUc9v5vDH8fTgXP9-tVsHXqgqaNihuQ@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <CANCZdfq=8VoHDG-_KFGoUc9v5vDH8fTgXP9-tVsHXqgqaNihuQ@mail.gmail.c om> , Warner Losh writes: > --001a11418b8c855b04055f789009 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > [snip snip] > > > > If someone wants to support it, and it doesn't make things in other > > places harder ... why not do it! > > > > It at least keeps our APIs honest.. > > > > If it actually works on real hardware, something we have conflicting > reports on at the moment... > > And we seem to be short of the 'someone' that would be able to take up the > banner of wanting to support it, having the skill to support it and > demonstrating the time is there by fixing bugs... Bruce was partially right. It does work on i386. My test on an i386 MP kernel worked. Just a guess, as I haven't really looked at it, I'm willing to bet the controller expects to use addresses below 4 GB. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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