Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:14:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:14:33 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:58122 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:14:26 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.4.12-ac3 floppy module requires 0x3f0-0x3f1 ioports To: maze@druid.if.uj.edu.pl (Maciej Zenczykowski) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 00:21:22 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Maciej Zenczykowski" at Nov 03, 2001 01:00:28 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Is there any reason why the floppy module requires the ioport range > 0x3f0-0x3f1 in order to load? On my computer /proc/ioports reports this > range as used by PnPBIOS PNP0c02, thus the floppy module cannot reserve > the range 0x3f0-0x3f5 and refuses to load. This is a bug in the PnPBIOS experimental code - turn off PnPBIOS and/or update for the moment - 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/