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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,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 0C234C32751 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 14:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E063121E6C for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2019 14:17:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388276AbfHGOR2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:17:28 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f52.google.com ([209.85.208.52]:42029 "EHLO mail-ed1-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388222AbfHGOR0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:17:26 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f52.google.com with SMTP id v15so86456826eds.9 for ; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:17:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Be0Cb22cTMLMcceVieGRF6nmMJLyGmyUDm+x4KoV/LQ=; b=tnw8eiKwUjjxkBTwcVSDy/WDmWvSVLnVSDglAtoagZITW/6ybgRRw2XLmA9gGW2vTa E2Z4BPNcPzOwDQ0s8V4KkrWGF1kLYY9lmZb77gnw+ckAgfr2DWLoIXLiEMXuxy0thiTW TlmKbtTWb6jnJ9BXCpbAolTp3HiSlo9RZguhsFqvYo8VgZmiMAXCc0u+LBZ00wNWr7M4 cqRtLPmPeBWKWNgH0+JRwE22sNeJwk4rFv0s7zp+dEUyPbl/K+7SP5rOnHxtYAT8w/1e y8JCkiMNJPnIiTznILnxZ2CiaYihUG4JzIX3uXaSadW7QkW6K5D8GsbKqAHdDUEZL0L/ xsag== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXG3jOPROkaI2EHocrGYAVG/na4TFPabPsGT9OUZtkboN8jHDvl 8DtsqJ1K7G2tPhtKcYH+UJKHp63x X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqztf95wiUacHdW6ByfiJkRtGVSqVoaFIvL7NDnkAHhSdmT9VMwVw8O9ZMxaHcliQJJBUoNgvQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:398:: with SMTP id b24mr8601800eja.78.1565187444057; Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:17:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.2.174] (bran.ispras.ru. [83.149.199.196]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 17sm21347730edu.21.2019.08.07.07.17.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: efremov@linux.com Subject: Re: Merge branch 'floppy' To: Alex Henrie , LKML References: From: Denis Efremov Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 17:17:22 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7/31/19 11:36 PM, Alex Henrie wrote: >> Actual working physical floppy hardware is getting hard to find, and >> while Willy was able to test this, I think the driver can be considered >> pretty much dead from an actual hardware standpoint. > > 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'd be happy to test floppy driver changes on this hardware if anyone > needs me to. > Hi, Alex! It's good to know that you could help with testing. Thank you! Denis