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Quote from "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>: > Yes, and I recall we agreed to disagree where the FDC stop must > be put, but we both agreed that it must be stopped. I still contend > that since the Linux startup code takes control away from the BIOS, > it's that codes responsibility to turn OFF things that the BIOS > might have left ON. Well, on a practical level, yes, I agree with you, it is the easiest way to solve the problem. On a technical level, I still think that the BIOS configuration is broken if it leaves the floppy motor on, on a system running a kernel without the floppy code compiled in. John. - 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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