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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/37] hw/block/fdc: Implement tray status


From: Markus Armbruster
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/37] hw/block/fdc: Implement tray status
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:47:58 +0100
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Max Reitz <address@hidden> writes:

[...]
> So do you want to fix the floppy passthrough code? I don't even know
> how to fix it. I don't even know what's wrong with it, other than that
> something's ought to be wrong.

Having a driver to pass-through hardware next to nobody has anymore is
one thing.  But maintaining special cases in the generic block layer for
it is another thing altogether: media handling is different, and the
difference is not fully encapsulated in the driver (at least last time I
checked).

Can anybody tell me why spending developer time on floppy passthrough is
a justifiable investment?

If not, let's drop it and move on.

[...]



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