Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757483AbXLGRzs (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:55:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753972AbXLGRzg (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:55:36 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([75.144.35.66]:48982 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756225AbXLGRzf (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:55:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:55:34 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: Bill Davidsen cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, apiszcz@solarrain.com Subject: Re: 2.6.23.9: x86_64: floppy not working: p35 chipset In-Reply-To: <47598CAD.40100@tmr.com> Message-ID: References: <47598CAD.40100@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1716 Lines: 51 On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Justin Piszcz wrote: >> Trying to format a floppy (2-3 of them) on a GA-P35-DS4 2.0 with a regular >> Sony floppy on Debian x86_64 with kernel 2.6.23.9: >> >> # fdformat /dev/fd0 >> Could not determine current format type: No such device >> # mformat a: >> mformat: Could not get geometry of device (No such device) >> # >> >> # cat /proc/interrupts |grep floppy >> 6: 38 37 39 41 IO-APIC-edge floppy >> >> # dmesg|grep -A1 fd0 >> [ 52.689487] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M >> [ 52.704661] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 >> >> During the 'attempted format' >> > >> >> I've tried a few different floppies, the result is the same. The system is >> 64-bit only, no 32-bit emulation is enabled using a strict 64-bit-only >> userland. Has anyone else gotten their floppy drive to work under 64-bit? >> >> Is this just a case of a DOA floppy drive or is something else wrong? >> > Maybe booting from a 32 bit live CD would help determine that. It certainly > was seen at boot time. Didn't get hooked to some SCSI device name by udev, > did it? > > > -- > Bill Davidsen > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > Retried with some other floppies and later tried the original, everything seems to be working now, must have been a bad floppy/some transient issue. Justin. -- 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/