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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:45:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@cox.net>
cc: Stanislav Brabec <utx@penguin.cz>, Paul Bristow <paul@paulbristow.net>,
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Subject: Re: ide-floppy & devfs - /dev entry not created if drive is empty
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Patch is welcome here.

Drop it on AC and myself please. 

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> There are patches at http://members.cox.net/kpfleming/ide-floppy to 
> resolve this.
> 
> Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> > Hallo Paul Bristow,
> > 
> > I have tested ide-floppy on my Linux 2.4.19 with ATAPI ZIP 100. I am
> > using devfs.
> > 
> > I found following problem:
> > 
> > If module ide-floppy is loaded and no disc is present in the drive,
> > /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc entry is not created. Later
> > inserted media cannot be checked in any way, because no /dev entry
> > exists.
> > 
> > Older kernels have also this behavior.
> > 
> > Fix: Create .../disc entry in all cases, even if no disc is present.
> > 
> 
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Andre Hedrick
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