Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:07:01 +0100 | From | Paul Bristow <> | Subject | Re: ide-floppy.c vs devfs |
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Hi Jack,
Try the devfs test version that I just uploaded to
http://paulbristow.net/linux/idefloppy.html
This is early days, and I'm not sure what the best approach is...
Feedback is greatly appreaciated.
Jack Howarth wrote:
> Paul, > Is ide-floppy supposed to be devfs friendly? I ask > because on Linux 2.4.15-pre2 (and previous kernels) > on the Powermac (Debian ppc sid) I find that the > ide-floppy driver only creates device for my ide > zip if a zip disk is inserted at boot time. Otherwise > the /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target1/lun0 directory doesn't > contain a device node for the zip whereas the ide-cdrom > driver creates a /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd > fine without a cdrom disk inserted at boot time. I find > that the only way I can get the zip device created at > boot time without media inserted is to use ide-scsi > emulation and turn off ide-floppy when I configure the > kernel. Is this issue a known problem and does it > exist for other arches than powerpc (Powermac)? Thanks > in advance for any advice. > Jack > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jack W. Howarth, Ph.D. 231 Albert Sabin Way > NMR Facility Director Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0524 > Dept. of Molecular Genetics phone: (513) 558-4420 > Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine fax: (513) 558-8474 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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Paul
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