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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:07:01 +0100
From: Paul Bristow <paul@paulbristow.net>
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To: Jack Howarth <howarth@nitro.med.uc.edu>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
Subject: Re: ide-floppy.c vs devfs
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Hi Jack,

Try the devfs test version that I just uploaded to

http://paulbristow.net/linux/idefloppy.html

This is early days, and I'm not sure what the best approach is...

Feedback is greatly appreaciated.

Jack Howarth wrote:

> Paul,
>    Is ide-floppy supposed to be devfs friendly? I ask
> because on Linux 2.4.15-pre2 (and previous kernels)
> on the Powermac (Debian ppc sid) I find that the
> ide-floppy driver only creates device for my ide 
> zip if a zip disk is inserted at boot time. Otherwise
> the /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target1/lun0 directory doesn't
> contain a device node for the zip whereas the ide-cdrom
> driver creates a /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd
> fine without a cdrom disk inserted at boot time. I find
> that the only way I can get the zip device created at
> boot time without media inserted is to use ide-scsi 
> emulation and turn off ide-floppy when I configure the
> kernel. Is this issue a known problem and does it
> exist for other arches than powerpc (Powermac)? Thanks
> in advance for any advice.
>                       Jack
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