Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h
Francois Tigeot wrote: On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:34:57PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: Gergo Szakal wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200 Erik Wikström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Isn't it about time to drop support for floppies soon? No, floppies are still great, especially on legacy hardware. Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time. EISA is long dead and can go away ISA is still used on modern hardware -- anything without USB mouse/keyboard uses ISA under the covers, along with other stuff. And you can still buy modern machines with real ISA expansion slots. Core2 Duo PCs with ISA slots seem a bit weird, but they exist. You are right, but I think because DragonFly is a small sized project we should be trying to support the most common modern hardware, instead of ancient hardware that barely no one uses these days.
Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:34:57PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > > Gergo Szakal wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200 > > > Erik Wikström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Isn't it about time to drop support for floppies soon? > > > > > > No, floppies are still great, especially on legacy hardware. > > > > > Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses > > (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time. > > EISA is long dead and can go away > ISA is still used on modern hardware -- anything without USB mouse/keyboard > uses ISA under the covers, along with other stuff. And you can still buy modern machines with real ISA expansion slots. Core2 Duo PCs with ISA slots seem a bit weird, but they exist. -- Francois Tigeot
Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h
> Gergo Szakal wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200 > > Erik Wikström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Isn't it about time to drop support for floppies soon? > > > > No, floppies are still great, especially on legacy hardware. > > > Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses > (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time. EISA is long dead and can go away ISA is still used on modern hardware -- anything without USB mouse/keyboard uses ISA under the covers, along with other stuff. -- Matt Emmerton
Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h
Gergo Szakal wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200 Erik Wikström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Isn't it about time to drop support for floppies soon? No, floppies are still great, especially on legacy hardware. Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time. Petr
