linux-kernel - Re: bug in kernel 2.6.21-rc1-git1: conventional floppy drive cannot be mounted without hanging up the whole system

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Date:	Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:55:24 +0100
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bug in kernel 2.6.21-rc1-git1: conventional floppy drive cannot
 be mounted without hanging up the whole system

On 02/26/2007 07:13 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> The floppy is still pretty much the only user of native motherboard
> (aka i8237) DMA'ing for most people. Some old ISA sound-cards may do
> it, of course.

Other than these two, ECP parallel ports are the other remaining users.
Now, even though on a machine that still has a parallel port it might 
usually indeed be set to ECP in its BIOS; having anything attached to 
the port also use it as such seems quite seldom.

Rene.
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