Martin Wilck writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problem with devfs:
>
> I have a LS120 floppy on the IDE controller as hda.
>
> If there is no floppy in the drive when the ide modules are
> loaded, no device node is created for the floppy by devfs.
> If a floppy is inserted later, devfs doesn't notice, so that
> there still is no device node.
> Consequently, the floppy cannot be accessed in any way even though
> the modules are loaded.
>
> All I can do is rmmod ide-floppy,
> insert the disk, and than reload the module. I think this is
> pretty uncomfortable for users.
>
> Is there any way to make devfs create a device node for the
> floppy even if no floppy is inserted at boot time?
Someone needs to write a patch to do this. Perhaps that can be you?
BTW: if you load the driver with the floppy in, what device nodes are
created?
Regards,
Richard....
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