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Subject: Re: fdc(4) regression: fdc0 fails to probe
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on 18/08/2009 14:24 Bruce Cran said the following:
> There appears to be a regression between 7.2 and 8.0-BETA2 with fdc(4):
> it used to find and attach fdc0, but now it fails to probe fdc0 but
> appears to initially find a nonexistant fdc1:
> 
> fdc0: No FDOUT register!
> fdc0 failed to probe at port 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> 
> But:
> 
> fdc1: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f2-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on
> acpi0 fdc1: ic_type 90 part_id 80
> fdc1: [FILTER]

I think that this could be related to device.hints?
Could you please compare the fdc hints (if any) between the versions?
Could you please try removing any fdc hints from 8.0 config?

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Andriy Gapon