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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] x86 ELF bootable kernels/Linux booting Linux/LinuxBIOS
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Alan Cox wrote:

>>>A floppy disk is 1.44 MB.
>>>
>>Yes floppies are small.  The nice thing is that there are only 2 or 3
>>floppy drivers in the kernel so it is not hard to include access to
>>the primary boot medium.  
>>
> 
> Big problems are:
> 
> -	Floppies are fast becoming optional
> -	USB floppies requires the entire USB and hotplug layer
> -	USB floppies require the scsi layer which is not small either
> -	Libretto style non USB/Cardbus PCMCIA floppies are not supported
> 

- Some floppies are actually firmware emulations, that you have no real
clue what they actually do.

	-hpa

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