On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Brian C. Grayson wrote:

>   (This was originally going to be a PR, due to the
> double-meaning of floppy type 0 (see the somewhat-related PR
> #5364), but its scope has become large enough that a discussion
> by more knowledgeable people than me might be good before any
> changes are proposed via PRs or code commits, hence this request
> for comments.)
> 
> >Synopsis:	The minor numbers for floppy drives go from 0-7
> 		for drive 0, 8-15 for drive 1, which leaves no
> 		room for a ``default'' type or for future
> 		expansion.  Plus, there are lots of nifty
> 		things that the floppy driver ought to support.

There was work at one point on moving us to 32-bit device nodes. I'd
suggest the current floppy driver be left alone, and all this work get put
into a "new" driver which uses the 32-bit device nodes (the # of minor
bits will go up with the change).

Take care,

Bill