John Nemeth wrote:
> On Aug 15,  8:44am, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> } John Nemeth wrote:
> } >      I used the sparc floppy driver to create a floppy driver for
> } > sparc64.  I've been doing a fair bit of work on the latter, including
> } > fixing the problem with formatting.  However, now it is time to find
> } > out if I broke it for sparc.  I'm looking for people to test it.  All
> } > you need to do is cp sys/arch/sparc64/fdc.c sys/arch/sparc/fd.c, and
> } > rebuild your kernel.  Then try it out (read, write, eject, and
> } > format).  To format a floppy, use fdformat, then
> } > 'newfs_msdos -f 1440 /dev/rfd0a'.
> } 
> } /u/src/sys/arch/sparc/dev/fd.c:170:1: error: "FTC_FLIP" redefined
> } [...]
>
>      I've committed fixes for all the issues.  Can you try it again,
> please?
>
> } After fixing those things, it does compile, write, read, and eject.
> } I still get verify errors when formatting but this is broken on
> } netbsd-4 as well. Might be the drive that is giving up the ghost.
>
>      Prior to my fixes for the formatting issues, it would give errors
> on every track and make the machine completely unresponsive for a
> couple of hours or simply lock it up hard (i.e. doesn't even respond to
> L1-A).  With errors on just a handful of tracks, it is most likely that
> you have bad media.  There is a possibility that you have a bad drive,
> but a bad drive would likely cause far more errors.  BTW, for dd, I
> usually use bs=18k, which is the size of a full cylinder.
>
> }-- End of excerpt from Tobias Nygren
>   

Rev 1.11 works. I assaulted the drive with canned air, now I'm
down to just one verify error. I hate floppies.

-Tobias