RE: Floppy handling

From: Aaron Macks (amacks@sensable.com)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 08:20:25 EST


On this it really depends on what HW you're using I believe
Aaron
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Barton-Davis [mailto:pbd@Op.Net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:02 AM
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: Neil Brown
Subject: Re: Floppy handling

>From: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:24:12 +1000 (EST)
>Subject: Re: Floppy handling

>- - You stick a floppy in the drive and this causes a "media change"
> event on the real device.

I could easily be wrong, but I thought that one of the fundamental
problems was that the floppy h/w can't do this. I think someone
mentioned that you have to poll to get this effect.

--p

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