From: dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu (david williams) Subject: Re: Floppies (was Re: File system issues!) Date: 14 Jul 1992 15:02:58 GMT
torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
>That said, the floppy driver is a mess. It's been changed and hacked on
>like the other drivers, but as it's a pain in the *** (and very boring)
>to program floppies, nobody has really cleaned it up. It's gotten
>better performance and features over time, but it's one of the pieces
>that should be taken out and shot. But I'm not going to, as writing a
>new one is just too depressing.
> Linus
I'll say one thing for the floppy driver - it's much faster than the
MS_DOG floppy. I was exceeding pissed at my 386 floppy performance,
and had pretty much given up on my controller as the problem. Not so!
Running floppy I/O under Linux is a breath of fresh air, so it's not my
hardware... It's a problem with MS_LOSS. Once more, proof that Linux
is a really nice system.
Anybody have an idea why MS-DOG is so slow in comparison with Linux
if the floppy drivers for Linux are in such a sad state?
Dave
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