Re: 2.4.12-ac3 floppy module requires 0x3f0-0x3f1 ioports

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 00:21:22 +0000 (GMT)


> Is there any reason why the floppy module requires the ioport range
> 0x3f0-0x3f1 in order to load? On my computer /proc/ioports reports this
> range as used by PnPBIOS PNP0c02, thus the floppy module cannot reserve
> the range 0x3f0-0x3f5 and refuses to load.

This is a bug in the PnPBIOS experimental code - turn off PnPBIOS and/or
update for the moment
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