Re: [PATCH RFC] block - ataflop.c: fix breakage introduced at blk-mq refactoring

Finn Thain
2021-10-18T23:17:17Z

On Mon, 18 Oct 2021, Jens Axboe wrote:

> > It is much more difficult to report regressions than it is to use a
> > workaround (i.e. boot a known good kernel). And I have plenty of
> > sympathy for end-users who may assume that the people and corporations
> > who create the breakage will take responsibility for fixing it.
>
> We're talking about a floppy driver here, and one for ATARI no less.
> It's not much of a leap of faith to assume that
>
> a) those users are more savvy than the average computer user, as they
> have to compile their own kernels anyway.
>
> b) that there are essentially zero of them left. The number is clearly
> different from zero, but I doubt by much.
>

Well, that assumption is as dangerous as any. The floppy interface is
still important even if most of the old mechanisms have been replaced.

http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
https://amigastore.eu/en/220-sd-floppy-emulator-rev-c.html
https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/

> Hence it would stand to reason that if someone was indeed in the group
> of ATARI floppy users that they would know how to report a bug.

Yes, it would if the premise was valid. But the premise is just a flawed
assumption.