From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 13:27:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B785848 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:27:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-la0-x230.google.com (la-in-x0230.1e100.net [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B76BBD50 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f48.google.com with SMTP id fq13so4993506lab.21 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:27:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=Z5EDUAS4QNegPHrd3LSGSx28sFJSAvQw2p7LpLOGeVs=; b=k/6Eb5Nxw1uxq16zSPZ4btJ6SmpKOA3vZSGf4m/Jer1nsDVv/yJToungl1JTisZazL 6gkRleGFDLxPT6DYFJDQ0ufP/A865WlQPcgd91I/g93bwh06+bqwL3eIIqt8bxnbl/fs reE5kf6QX9RMbIDjohz6h0G2RddfrbSKJNuKRo/gRkEYir2XKdi8g4l/BP12ye4A7Nch rhMq9rx/Ibz1F0M2peTVWji2Vp1usoQDvkp7tdNcyM1UJDJjr77jltM9G56CouwjjCoZ A/fVXj6BheGxPNMq9549kEy1uXKthnk4wURXEB8Aq1lGjGoYKoQZmjEsnhRmd3z8RVnM uwyw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.108.1 with SMTP id hg1mr3991941lab.12.1360502859479; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:27:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.45.36 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:27:39 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.166.206] In-Reply-To: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:27:39 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Time to kill fdc ? From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Poul-Henning Kamp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQljW2aO8dhOnH3FTpvTws1PvfpaNz2VvMDcHs9VoEfWdt9AfWWh0eaaSt71F5dupJObKb22 Cc: current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:27:41 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I tried to read a floppy disk yesterday. > > When was the last time anybody tried that with a FreeBSD release ? > > Based on my brief experiments yesterday, 6.X is the last release > where accessing floppy disks carry less than a 10% risk of a panic. > > Unless somebody fixes the fdc driver to work in -current, I intend > to dust of my axe and cut it from the tree later this spring. Any chance to get a user-mode fdc(4) replacement then? Maybe in ports? -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/