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Subject: Re: 2.4.12-ac3 floppy module requires 0x3f0-0x3f1 ioports
From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
To: Maciej Zenczykowski <maze@druid.if.uj.edu.pl>
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On Sun, 2001-11-04 at 20:18, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote:
> Well here you have it...
> 
> W98SE reports the FDC at 0x3f0..0x3f5 and 0x3f7

That's what the ThinkPad 600 technical reference
manual says about my machine too.

> all in all it is very weird and I do not know what to make of it...
> [ABIT SA6 motherboard with AWARD bios]

Well, if the floppy driver never accesses 0x3f0 or 0x3f1,
then it would seem that it should not reserved those
ioports.

--
Thomas

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