>> It also removes the need to maintain duplicate sets of tables in the userland
>> formatting program.
> 
> uh, why should there be any tables in the user-land formatting program
> _at all_?
> 

The specs leave it open where the parameters could come from. I suggested
one way of obtaining them through the interface described in the spec.

I can think of these options:

	- get a driver-supported set from an ioctl.
	- specify some or all with command line options (a la mkfs)
	- have a set of built-in well-known floppy formats
	- have a set of well-known floppy formats in a configuration file
		("disktabish", as you suggested).


-pk