Re: No more floppy drive

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:47:23 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <41335688.1060805_at_root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org> writes:
: Basically, systems that have AML that claim 0x3f2-0x3f5,0x3f7 are 
: correct and we need to only allocate those ports.  In fact, we shouldn't 
: allocate 0x3f0-0x3f1 unless on a PS/2 system.  However, our floppy code 
: assumes a base of 0x3f0 and that's why people report error messages like:

Yes.  That's right.  I've understood that from early in the
conversations.  However, we don't have much of a choice for systems
that tell us 0x3f0-0x3f5, which is what the traditional range for
these ports really is.  This is a very recent development, and needs
some tcl to get right.  I have some patches in the works, but they
aren't ready yet.  Please be patient.

Warner
Received on Mon Aug 30 2004 - 14:47:25 UTC

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