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Disable floppy driver in Linux configuration #1102

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pmenzel opened this issue May 8, 2019 · 2 comments
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Disable floppy driver in Linux configuration #1102

pmenzel opened this issue May 8, 2019 · 2 comments

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@pmenzel
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pmenzel commented May 8, 2019

On orpheus (Supermicro X10DAi) Linux wastes 1.4 seconds detecting the floppy controller. On pummeluff it is less noticeable with 0.6 s.

  • orpheus:

    [   22.976177] hub 2-1:1.0: 8 ports detected
    [   24.381155] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
    [   24.382112] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG MZ7KM960 003Q PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    
  • pummeluff:

    [    3.853763] hid-generic 0003:0BF8:101E.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [Fujitsu Fujitsu Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:14.0-11/input1
    [    4.465044] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
    

None of our systems have a floppy drive, so we should not build it into the Linux kernel.

$ grep BLK_DEV_FD /boot/config-4.19.40.mx64.262 
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y

Maybe it should be built as a module, in case a virtual machines get configured with a floppy controller.

So, when building the next Linux kernel, change the configuration.

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pmenzel commented May 13, 2019

Tested with Linux 5.1.1 with the driver built as module.

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donald commented May 20, 2019

Keep it open until the change is in our default kernel, so that next 4.19 builder (might) remember it?

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