No more floppy drive
Nate Lawson
nate at root.org
Mon Aug 30 09:58:07 PDT 2004
M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 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.
Ok, glad you knew this. Thanks for working on it.
--
Nate
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