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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:55:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@knobisoft.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] block driver updates for 2.6.38
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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----- Original Message ----

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>; Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>; 
>Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>; Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>; 
>"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 7:42:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] block driver updates for 2.6.38
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:03:21 -0800
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>  wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Stephen Hemminger
> >  <shemminger@vyatta.com> wrote:
> >  >
> > > It appears to be a different problem (not HPET MSI). Not sure  what
> > > is causing it, but even 2.6.35 can't format a floppy without  error.
> > 
> > Do you actually know that the hardware is good (ie does  _any_ version
> > of Linux work)?
> > 
> > Floppy disks and drives  have not been known for their robustness, and
> > most of them tend to be  pretty old by now.
> > 
> > Dang, I think I should just try to go to  Fry's and see if I can find a
> > floppy drive somewhere. Not that I even  know if my motherboards
> > necessarily even have the _pins_ to connect it  any more.
> > 
> >                           Linus
> 
> Some people can't even  remember what a floppy is...
>http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for-20110112/
>/


 you just made my day. Besides that I learned my computing on punched cards and 
tape (which may reveal something about my age) I really like the 5-core 
processing :-)

Happy weekend
Martin