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* [PATCH 00/31] block/swim: Fixes and improvements
@ 2026-07-16 10:02 Finn Thain
  2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 19/31] swim: Deduplicate polling loops Finn Thain
                   ` (30 more replies)
  0 siblings, 31 replies; 32+ messages in thread
From: Finn Thain @ 2026-07-16 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Joshua Thompson, Geert Uytterhoeven, Laurent Vivier, linux-block,
	linux-kernel, linux-m68k, Omar Sandoval

I recently had a need for the 'swim' driver but found that it was too buggy
to be useful for my purposes. I had two aims in mind--

Firstly, I needed this driver to help me test my new BMoW Floppy Emu for 
emulation correctness. Being that Linux is open source and MacOS is not,
this driver should be ideal for that.

Secondly, I needed to realign the heads in some disk drives. The swim driver
has most of the code needed for a feedback loop for manual re-alignment, so
I wrote the remaining code and pushed it to a repo here:
https://github.com/fthain/linux/commits/swim/

These patches fix all the bugs I found. They improve stability,
compatibility and performance. Additional patches improve source code
quality by removing redundant code and cleaning up a bit.

This patch series was successfully tested on the following systems.

Mac Quadra 650 - SWIM 2 with Mitsubishi FDD
Mac LC III     - SWIM 2 with Mitsubishi FDD and Sony FDD
Mac Quadra 700 - SWIM with Sony FDD
Mac IIvx       - SWIM with Sony FDD

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Finn Thain (31):
  swim: Assert strobe with stable outputs
  swim: Select appropriate drive once only
  swim: Enable the drive when probing
  swim: Don't disable drive after every sector
  swim: Perform ISM/IWM mode switching according to specs
  swim: Configure parameter memory
  swim: Enable clock divider only where appropriate
  swim: Don't start motor until medium is present
  swim: Recalibrate when drive is probed
  swim: Add track zero recalibration delay
  swim: Handle FIFO timeout error
  swim: Simplify return value initialization
  swim: Check for CRC errors
  swim: Check error register during sector read
  swim: Don't use the mark register to read data
  swim: Fix buffer overflow
  swim: Convert to blocking queue
  swim: Remove redundant RELAX actions
  swim: Deduplicate polling loops
  swim: Check drive ready bit
  swim: Revisit delays
  swim: Remove pointless mode0 register write
  swim: Don't needlessly re-read sectors
  swim: Remove pointless specifiers
  swim: Move swd initialization
  swim: Add some helpful references
  swim: Remove unused macro definitions
  swim: Clean up whitespace
  swim: Define macros for constants
  swim: Define symbols for constants
  swim: Unexport global symbols

 arch/m68k/mac/config.c   |  31 ++-
 drivers/block/swim.c     | 422 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 drivers/block/swim_asm.S | 306 ++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 356 deletions(-)

-- 
2.52.0


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2026-07-16 10:02 [PATCH 00/31] block/swim: Fixes and improvements Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 19/31] swim: Deduplicate polling loops Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 12/31] swim: Simplify return value initialization Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 11/31] swim: Handle FIFO timeout error Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 27/31] swim: Remove unused macro definitions Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 28/31] swim: Clean up whitespace Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 15/31] swim: Don't use the mark register to read data Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 23/31] swim: Don't needlessly re-read sectors Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 08/31] swim: Don't start motor until medium is present Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 09/31] swim: Recalibrate when drive is probed Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 05/31] swim: Perform ISM/IWM mode switching according to specs Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 04/31] swim: Don't disable drive after every sector Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 26/31] swim: Add some helpful references Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 06/31] swim: Configure parameter memory Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 03/31] swim: Enable the drive when probing Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 01/31] swim: Assert strobe with stable outputs Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 25/31] swim: Move swd initialization Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 16/31] swim: Fix buffer overflow Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 24/31] swim: Remove pointless specifiers Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 18/31] swim: Remove redundant RELAX actions Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 22/31] swim: Remove pointless mode0 register write Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 30/31] swim: Define symbols for constants Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 10/31] swim: Add track zero recalibration delay Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 02/31] swim: Select appropriate drive once only Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 13/31] swim: Check for CRC errors Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 20/31] swim: Check drive ready bit Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 21/31] swim: Revisit delays Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 29/31] swim: Define macros for constants Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 31/31] swim: Unexport global symbols Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 07/31] swim: Enable clock divider only where appropriate Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 17/31] swim: Convert to blocking queue Finn Thain
2026-07-16 10:02 ` [PATCH 14/31] swim: Check error register during sector read Finn Thain

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