From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 18:21:59 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 DA935E2F for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-la0-x234.google.com (la-in-x0234.1e100.net [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69DB5B58 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f52.google.com with SMTP id fs12so5127168lab.39 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:21:58 -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=ucq2qbPFtx15CPzOuQvKlB6K1d2CbuaodrObGotTCiM=; b=nv4bRBst+j0fNcp1xunkDc+ZKC7Lehe+RJjEwyybzjqTNzN4soQY/yheD6aMw2AhM6 O+6SVIzeTrkZpYDvYFNWk6pWn2Np79tTqQA3XMzWoDzRMHLWDWrYY1FAxUW8HxobM7NQ ncrymBtBaJonaas8m7KsUHUGEGgRXqedKsjuZncJQ46iXnyHHlVhQk8KzC9xpdfJ1+lC B8gh1m2RBrr2z4YBdlXQxTIwt97dxCJr9T3L4HmnC6wMpdFYyb1/wNjUtVO9nDI5epbC w8l4vsxBNmFWh9o6L7/+oKxOpaoRpVcVuScmBoWtB0z6eB5VpNCkIOwR4IQxzVf1QsWH P6JA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.108.203 with SMTP id hm11mr10610254lab.4.1360520518301; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.45.36 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:21:58 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.166.206] In-Reply-To: <80600.1360508028@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk> <80406.1360502924@critter.freebsd.dk> <80600.1360508028@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:21:58 +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: ALoCoQm+Jx+bTTxbhl9kfsTw5lnOrr6bQk51FBC33DTyPp7YJ0kC3SZSrbRizEyGBvhqQLWbymwK 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 18:21:59 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > -------- > In message > , "C. P. Ghost" writes: >>On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>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. > > Look at /dev/io. Yes, excellent! That was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. > But seriously: All our old releases are available on the net, > 4.11 and 6.2 were both great releases and they have wonderful > floppy support. Sure, there's always a way to read old floppies, it is just not as convenient. We should really fix any problems with fdc(4) though (as in "please please please"). ;-) > -- > 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/