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DateFri, 24 Apr 1998 11:00:39 -0700
FromBill Broadhurst <>
SubjectRe: Linux-2.1.98..
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 10:34:20AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Bill Broadhurst wrote:
> > 
> > Let it sit awhile.  You'll eventually get more messages. See my post 
> > to Linus and list.  
> 
> Can you check what happens with:
>  (a) no floppy driver compiled in at all
>  (b) the floppy driver compiled in, but with the calls to
>      "fd_enable_irq()" and "fd_disable_irq()" commented out.
> 
> The irq enable/disable code has some problems with the IO-APIC, and I'd
> like to pinpoint whether this is the reason for your problems or not. We
> should fix the IO-APIC problems too, of course, but that will take some
> more doing. 
> 

Will do!   Starting now.  Should have answers within the hour.

-bb

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