Subject: Re: floppy support
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
From: Miod Vallat <miod@online.fr>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/08/2006 09:18:25
> } fdc@ebus needs more work, as DMA is done completely differently than
> } for fdc@sbus. This is why the fdc@ebus attachment is commented out - I
> } never got to finish it.
> 
>      It doesn't do real DMA, it just copies bytes when asked.  The ebus

I beg to differ. fdthree, i.e. fdc@ebus, behaves just like a regular isa
fdc, and does real DMA, unlike fdc@sbus. The sparc fdc driver doesn't
yet, this is why there is zero chance for fdc@ebus to work at the
moment.

Miod