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SubjectRe: Fwd: [PATCH] [RFC] ataflop: remove buggy IRQ disable from do_fd_request()
Hi Andreas,

> > That. too :-) What I meant to say - the reason why someone chose to comment out
> > the original sti() wasn't really clear. I guess the reason for that particular
> > change has been lost in the pre-git or bk era.
>
> FWIW, this can be traced back to as much as the 2.0 era (1996). Going

Thanks, that definitely settles it. Around that time was my only exposure to the
floppy code (making mtools work). Brings back some memories ...

> back further is difficult because a lot of files on ftp.uni-erlangen.de
> are corrupt.

You haven't really dug around on the old FTP site just for this?

Cheers,

Michael



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