From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 13:33:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFDCAC22 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com (la-in-x022c.1e100.net [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBF6D9F for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id eb20so5124390lab.17 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:33:00 -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=fL1NkxbDsbvrSxVLqgv2pBTukr6ICFR+wZcgdDj1dzc=; b=LzylgXkAbb6JNvT0M4tKR2tOBfKw1ial4oVcq2lj9rk6KXody0aCVuQyNOoFZYy5Tw uL01GB9pu3eo+neLzuFt60TIX6uVNbyzK5NgeqkEWB4y7/lgVNUWcnuONf9pY8mxmsUu NqbIxVp7y7i417PoZ1FAEs6ncYyhhK2rRiCuURUElAV1UenDFBrDpzt08V2Iils3Abv3 c6QsfvYbdt+nn2QXqsxzPyidCeNhFuAnC1WUucPIm60GkNqNhlvmT+y5nd9CTbGpJTjS ZJ3EaRyLuTb+FQkm9pzuaVVFNxgiH8F1wEowky0bNhtOSA0WznxBFtzdLFh4BRyfyfux jk0Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.108.1 with SMTP id hg1mr4003057lab.12.1360503180189; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:33:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.45.36 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:33:00 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.166.206] In-Reply-To: <80406.1360502924@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> <80406.1360502924@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:33:00 +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: ALoCoQkUZYpF3D+xfdG1OsMyE4JgWZKx71WNmXKMmxCKBu0WfPddYXNmeZB5vRaysfUqqLaxMmfw 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 13:33:01 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>> 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? > > Uhm, just how would that work ? > > If you just want virtual floppies, md(4) is your driver... I was thinking of physical fdc(4). Is there a published interface to access the hardware, i.e. to tunnel the commands and return values to and from the device? Something like pass(4) but for floppies? That way, fdc could be moved to user space and more easily debugged. > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/