Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy disk support removed from kernel 3.4.9.

2012-10-28 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Canek. > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:16:56PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> > Floppy disk support has been removed from kernel 3.4.9. I'm not very >> > happy about

Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy disk support removed from kernel 3.4.9.

2012-10-28 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, again! On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:16:56PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > All this seems rather strange. Why shouldn't I be able to use my floppy > > drive? > Your kernel config/setup has something really weird. Yes. I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy disk support removed from kernel 3.4.9.

2012-10-28 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Canek. On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:16:56PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Floppy disk support has been removed from kernel 3.4.9. I'm not very > > happy about this. Does anybody know why, or by whom? > Nobody removed anyth

Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy disk support removed from kernel 3.4.9.

2012-10-28 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Everybody! > > Floppy disk support has been removed from kernel 3.4.9. I'm not very > happy about this. Does anybody know why, or by whom? Nobody removed anything; it's still there, in 3.6.3. I'm not using it, but I can select it wit

[gentoo-user] Floppy disk support removed from kernel 3.4.9.

2012-10-28 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Everybody! Floppy disk support has been removed from kernel 3.4.9. I'm not very happy about this. Does anybody know why, or by whom? This removal has been done in a somewhat peculiar manner. The config option was called CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD, and used to be at /. It is now not visible there.