From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 5 16:36:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA16579 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:36:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from usr05.primenet.com (tlambert@usr05.primenet.com [206.165.6.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA16574 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:36:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr05.primenet.com) Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA24018; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:36:37 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199710052336.QAA24018@usr05.primenet.com> Subject: Re: new floppy driver To: chad@dcfinc.com Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 23:36:37 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199710042356.QAA03731@freebie.dcfinc.com> from "Chad R. Larson" at Oct 4, 97 04:56:37 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Is anyone working on changes to the floppy driver to support the > new Imation LS-120? This is the drive that can use both the existing > 1.44meg 3.5" floppies, and (using optical positioning) a new standard > 120meg format. I haven't heard about this. There are several people recently disgusted enough with the floppy driver to actually touch it (I'm one of them, though I've only touched feature testing, so far). What programming information do you have for the thing (ie: how do you recognize it and afterwards, talk to it?). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.