Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:39:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:39:35 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:36870 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:39:26 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] x86 ELF bootable kernels/Linux booting Linux/LinuxBIOS To: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:51:53 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin), hendriks@lanl.gov (Erik A. Hendriks), akpm@zip.com.au (Andrew Morton), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wa@almesberger.net (Werner Almesberger) In-Reply-To: from "Eric W. Biederman" at Feb 04, 2002 12:55:51 PM 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 > > 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 - 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/