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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-19 13:12:35 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-19 13:12:35 +0000
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Document the new fdc(4) flags.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/fdc.411
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.411
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/fdc.4 b/share/man/man4/fdc.4
index 930d231..6c8861d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/fdc.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/fdc.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: fdc.4,v 1.8 1997/02/22 13:25:23 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 31, 1994
.Dt FDC 4 i386
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.Nd
PC architecture floppy disk controller driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd "controller fdc0 at isa? port" \&"IO_FD1\&" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
+.Cd "controller fdc0 at isa? port" \&"IO_FD1\&" bio "flags 0x1" "irq 6" "drq 2" "vector fdintr"
.Cd "disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
.Cd "disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
.Pp
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ In /dev for each floppy device a number of minor devices are present. The
indicate the size of the floppy disk (so: 720kB, 1440kB etc). The latter
are used for formatting disks using fdformat or for accessing different
density disks in multidensity drive. Example: 720kB disk in a 1.44Mb drive.
+.Pp
+Normally, the driver will ask the system's CMOS memory to obtain the
+floppy drive configuration. Some machines do not store any form of a
+configuration value in their CMOS. Use the flags value
+.Ql 0x1
+to pretend a 1.44 MB floppy drive as the first unit, without asking the
+CMOS for it.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
.It /dev/fd*
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4
index 930d231..6c8861d 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: fdc.4,v 1.8 1997/02/22 13:25:23 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 31, 1994
.Dt FDC 4 i386
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.Nd
PC architecture floppy disk controller driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd "controller fdc0 at isa? port" \&"IO_FD1\&" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
+.Cd "controller fdc0 at isa? port" \&"IO_FD1\&" bio "flags 0x1" "irq 6" "drq 2" "vector fdintr"
.Cd "disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
.Cd "disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
.Pp
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ In /dev for each floppy device a number of minor devices are present. The
indicate the size of the floppy disk (so: 720kB, 1440kB etc). The latter
are used for formatting disks using fdformat or for accessing different
density disks in multidensity drive. Example: 720kB disk in a 1.44Mb drive.
+.Pp
+Normally, the driver will ask the system's CMOS memory to obtain the
+floppy drive configuration. Some machines do not store any form of a
+configuration value in their CMOS. Use the flags value
+.Ql 0x1
+to pretend a 1.44 MB floppy drive as the first unit, without asking the
+CMOS for it.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
.It /dev/fd*
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