cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fdc fdc.c

[Maxim Sobolev]

Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 July 2006 08:49 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
>> jkim        2006-07-12 00:49:47 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/dev/fdc          fdc.c
>>   Log:
>>   Assume floppy disk is not inserted when we have exhausted
>> retries.  This significantly reduces booting time when there is
>> broken floppy disk drive, controller, cable, BIOS, etc.
>>   When the floppy controller interface is correctly implemented,
>> disk change signal (DSKCHG) is reflected in the Digital Input
>> Register (DIR) at 0x3f7. However, there are many cases that the
>> signal is unusable.  Moreover, some BIOS does not reserve the port
>> at all.  In those cases, the register may not function.
>>
>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.311     +3 -0      src/sys/dev/fdc/fdc.c
> 
> Linux device driver seems to have 'broken_dcl' boot time option to 
> work around this issue, i.e., assuming disk change for every floppy 
> disk access, which is quite ugly, IMHO.  Does anybody have better 
> idea to fix these cases?

Not really relevant, but who cares about floppy in 2006 when one can buy 
256MB USB flash for the price of the pack of floppies? ;-)

No offense intended, just curious.

-Maxim