Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:59:37 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fdc fdc.c Message-ID: <200607112059.39655.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200607120049.k6C0nlHN034350@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200607120049.k6C0nlHN034350@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 08:49 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > jkim 2006-07-12 00:49:47 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/dev/fdc fdc.c > Log: > Assume floppy disk is not inserted when we have exhausted > retries. This significantly reduces booting time when there is > broken floppy disk drive, controller, cable, BIOS, etc. > When the floppy controller interface is correctly implemented, > disk change signal (DSKCHG) is reflected in the Digital Input > Register (DIR) at 0x3f7. However, there are many cases that the > signal is unusable. Moreover, some BIOS does not reserve the port > at all. In those cases, the register may not function. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.311 +3 -0 src/sys/dev/fdc/fdc.c Linux device driver seems to have 'broken_dcl' boot time option to work around this issue, i.e., assuming disk change for every floppy disk access, which is quite ugly, IMHO. Does anybody have better idea to fix these cases? Jung-uk Kim
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