Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:04:25 -0700 | From | "Kevin P. Fleming" <> | Subject | Re: ide-floppy & devfs - /dev entry not created if drive is empty |
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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. >
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