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Re: Floppy problems after long uptime



On Thu 18 Feb 1999, Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
> 
> Here's the patch for floppy.c that should solve the problem.  I haven't
> tested it, but can if needed.  Let me know how it works, though.  Most
> likely, the same fix will be needed for 2.0.36 (haven't gotten to it yet).
> 
> --- floppy.c	Sun Jan 10 17:59:59 1999
> +++ /home/chris/floppy.new.c	Thu Feb 18 19:01:16 1999
> @@ -604,10 +604,10 @@
>  #define OLOGSIZE 20
>  
>  static void (*lasthandler)(void) = NULL;
> -static int interruptjiffies=0;
> -static int resultjiffies=0;
> +static long int interruptjiffies=0;
> +static long int resultjiffies=0;

Shouldn't these be `unsigned long'? I believe that's what `jiffies'
is...

Anyway, I'll have a go this evening.


Paul Slootman
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