From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2219C433FF for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 09:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA582173C for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 09:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732236AbfHHJ1R (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Aug 2019 05:27:17 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.24]:42045 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732123AbfHHJ1R (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Aug 2019 05:27:17 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.110] ([77.4.95.67]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MPXQi-1hhqu83dNy-00MZBc; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:27:14 +0200 Subject: Re: Merge branch 'floppy' To: Alex Henrie , LKML , Linus Torvalds , Denis Efremov References: From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Organization: metux IT consult Message-ID: <976e78be-cfbc-0744-c04f-8a2361af0fa4@metux.net> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 11:27:14 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:W1Gb2S0ORtMZQoseDiCygcdXEwPwajKJPhGNrpcj3UBbCWA9o/k Mjn2L6SbwMVkTYW/gOFfJEJZzOxGLY+JToDgDtLgqmYbw19EyCM577m7vAgh9eM141kRiSw W+FHV6yYGFofGFWiXQdzPWvFzTcPwMsqW7+MpGhq324/vuercbnYdO7NTBL794+7Uux3+60 qRp4T0d/y3/ueuGHlTWLw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:8mJVUKDtIeQ=:nTsNy0grwOgAWCHROrdqi6 1SOKO76NZ5WpgjOwLk0zM5OHI82/EnQg+1cnXlQXHmQ3SyboLVMeoOisU7FAqvmfdIpS5lxA0 oCBSgvVnpZ6bwvZ/7dsp/fBtWfPAxgVI+Vi4WKgdeZGtSDPmj95XK+5yDh+uOGmS06YLL/qWE KXkHwoHBOlrPOYRJ+PxbPJkLwaV9iqcPUDqc2XGz/i1VhBVSnPArZxMCpRD51iwn0ae1kzr9V HZcbc/X+fcKFcesOHUZfZwnpX94PRr3o6mzcrHa3dpGTTenBtYzLYPtj8LdO77cCQt1yPDKso 4o67CaRuWnO482RUzX99C/y4S8JEEgLuwz4fOl4vDlbQw4Cppo4AcG0wRkswdg/LQXOALW6dE m6s37YVvvsmORekGxuaW9QVF0sNDIuBIb30CUbQBDqJjOKz4GBq7LAJMdHj/7hYRn3i9oK1sn dtG+RWMr3PMvtgBT0hWpurfqdrB8Ac3ZiZldSpBM+Ou0nVria4ywi0i/VPYnnVtYYUGU8+P2q WwX4KyUx2geyEifu8URWByCtNYS+GHtBynXWihcaxXVYm+fRs/vrl+oFDH1x6tmQYiln79lXl sDHy4RWcsu6RmqlO6a1Ou1vQ7dJidXpl6CGhWHaK+HdWwsbaVMGZN0Zuf5mM2iFBqx43OuGJf uEbEaMycEiW3ZS6+a0pzIf7NK4Jz94fdsMo7ukKvgbKr3byz1Gb1Os0Vutan5uZ4VnWyLpxvh y7Kit44BlavHC011CA3Bv7h5J4LVdW/OdIj4qfLtW8u5ZkUdUuqwqJL/6JE= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 31.07.19 22:36, Alex Henrie wrote: > Just for the record: I have an Ubuntu machine, still in daily use, > that has a floppy disk connector on the motherboard. The motherboard > was made in 2006 if I remember correctly and has a quad-core Intel > CPU. It has both a 3.5" and a 5.25" drive installed and they get used > every time somebody finds another pile of floppy disks in Grandpa's > garage. I also have a stack of floppy drives (3.5'' and 5.25'') in storage, and several machines with fdd ports (also classic ISA and IDE ports). Haven't turned them on for long time, but should still be working. If anyone's interested in the HW, just let me know. --mtx -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering info@metux.net -- +49-151-27565287