Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 4 Oct 2003 00:58:02 +0100 | | From | Dave Jones <> | | Subject | Re: FDC motor left on |
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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > In linux-2.4.22 and earlier, if there is no FDC driver installed, > the FDC motor may continue to run after boot if the motor was > started as part of the BIOS boot sequence. > This patch turns OFF the motor once Linux gets control. > > > --- linux-2.4.22/arch/i386/boot/setup.S.orig Fri Aug 2 20:39:42 2002 > +++ linux-2.4.22/arch/i386/boot/setup.S Fri Oct 3 11:50:43 2003 > @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
Does this mean the 'kill_motor' function in bootsect.S isn't doing what it should be? If so, maybe that needs fixing instead of turning it off in two places ?
Dave
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