ACPI vs. /dev/fd0

Terry Lambert tlambert2 at mindspring.com
Wed Apr 30 14:43:27 PDT 2003


Jeff Walters wrote:
> I cannot load the ACPI module in 5.0-current and get a working floppy drive
> simultaneously.  With ACPI loaded the dmesg | grep fdc0 is:
> 
> fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
> fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
> fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports)
> 
> With the ACPI module disabled in /boot/loader.conf, I get:
> 
> fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> at port
> 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0

Probably it needs to be explicitly enabled, having been disabled
by default.  Is this an external/drive-swap-bay floppy?

-- Terry


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