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* [patch] [Kconfig] disable CONFIG_FD on ia64, which has no floppy drive
@ 2003-08-06  7:04 Martin Pool
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From: Martin Pool @ 2003-08-06  7:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, zippel, Alain.Knaff

As of linux-2.6.0-test2-ia64-030729, there is no asm-ia64/floppy.h,
and so the fd driver won't work.  Other architectures have various
legacy floppy controllers, but ia64 does not have one and is never
likely to.

David Mosberger says:

> The Merced machines came with SuperDrives (or whatever they
> were called), but those attached to the IDE controller, not the floppy
> controller.  The classic (AT-style) floppy controller is an ISA device
> and since ia64 doesn't support ISA, such controllers never were
> supported.

There is no reason to ever have CONFIG_FD on ia64, but if it does get
turned on then the build will fail.  Therefore, I suggest this patch
to keep it off:

--- linux-2.6.0test2-ia64/drivers/block/Kconfig.~1~     2003-07-29 12:07:02.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.0test2-ia64/drivers/block/Kconfig 2003-08-06 15:55:16.000000000 +1000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ menu "Block devices"

 config BLK_DEV_FD
        tristate "Normal floppy disk support"
-       depends on !X86_PC9800
+       depends on !X86_PC9800 && !IA64
        ---help---
          If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
          say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM

-- 
Martin 

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