From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Floppy disk support for 9000 series (715, 755, etc.) workstations. Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:28:10 -0700 Message-ID: <20070124162810.GA31075__41211.9019580588$1416624268$gmane$org@colo.lackof.org> References: <45B67554.6010208@scires.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org To: "James K. Love" Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <45B67554.6010208@scires.com> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 03:51:32PM -0500, James K. Love wrote: > All: > > I posted this to debian-hppa, but I thought I'd pass this along to > parisc-linux in case anyone isn't a member of both lists. If you are, > I apologize in advance for cluttering you inbox... > > Could someone provide some details about why the TEAC floppy disk drives > (scsi) in the 9000 series workstations are not supported in the parisc > port? At one point I thought they did work. > Is it due to a lack of documentation, missing sd/53c700 support for > floppy drives, or lack of interest in floppy devices in general (or some > combination of the three)? THere is clearly a lack of interest in the non-scsi floppy. I've handed out some SCSI floppy drives in the past. > I realize floppy drives are antiquated and > scsi floppy drives are an enigma, but the application I'd like to run on > these machines requires floppy support, which worked fine under HP-UX. > In an attempt investigate further, I installed MKLinux on a 715, and the > scsi floppy drive was supported through some combination of the MACH > kernel and it's hosted Linux kernel. I've looked through the MKLinux > source code, and it appears that the MACH scsi driver had some support > for flexible disk drives (which I assume is the floppy drive), but I'm > uncertain if this is the only missing piece to the puzzle. If anyone > has any additional info/insight, I'd really appreciated it. If you can figure out what's missing between linux and MKlinux there is a good change it could get added. The closer you get to providing a patch, the more likely it will get included. hth, grant _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux