The floppy controller on the Malta platform does not work correctly, as
written in the source code. I have just discoverd that it also make
debian-installer to crash.
The patch below disables the floppy controller until we fix the problem
(low priority on my TODO list).
Index: hw/mips_malta.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/hw/mips_malta.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -d -p -r1.1 mips_malta.c
--- hw/mips_malta.c 15 Jan 2007 23:58:11 -0000 1.1
+++ hw/mips_malta.c 16 Jan 2007 23:54:18 -0000
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ void mips_malta_init (int ram_size, int
serial_init(&pic_set_irq_new, isa_pic, 0x3f8, 4, serial_hds[0]);
parallel_init(0x378, 7, parallel_hds[0]);
/* XXX: The floppy controller does not work correctly, something is
- probably wrong */
- floppy_controller = fdctrl_init(6, 2, 0, 0x3f0, fd_table);
+ probably wrong
+ floppy_controller = fdctrl_init(6, 2, 0, 0x3f0, fd_table); */
/* Sound card */
#ifdef HAS_AUDIO
--
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