Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:45:22 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: ide-floppy & devfs - /dev entry not created if drive is empty |
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Patch is welcome here.
Drop it on AC and myself please.
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> There are patches at http://members.cox.net/kpfleming/ide-floppy to > resolve this. > > Stanislav Brabec wrote: > > Hallo Paul Bristow, > > > > I have tested ide-floppy on my Linux 2.4.19 with ATAPI ZIP 100. I am > > using devfs. > > > > I found following problem: > > > > If module ide-floppy is loaded and no disc is present in the drive, > > /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc entry is not created. Later > > inserted media cannot be checked in any way, because no /dev entry > > exists. > > > > Older kernels have also this behavior. > > > > Fix: Create .../disc entry in all cases, even if no disc is present. > > > > - > 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/ >
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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