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Bug#667501: Linux 2.6.39+: WARNING: floppy_disable_hlt() scheduled for removal in 2012



On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 13:48 +0100, manuk7 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i'm affraid but i'm also concerned with this bug on a fresh Wheezy
> installation (linux-image 3.2.0-4-686-pae). I'm just migrating from
> Squeeze, where this floppy disk was working fine. In attachement is my
> dmesg which is very similar to rpnpif's one.
> 
> This is IMO a serious regression for Wheezy release.

The warning does *not* mean that anything is broken in the floppy
driver.  If the floppy driver does not work for you, that is a separate
bug.

After discussion with other kernel developers, I intend to remove the
deprecated behaviour and the warning in the next 3.2.y update.

> Btw I don't understand why this bug has been retitled as only applying
> to 2.6 despite the submitter found it on 3.2.

It applies to 2.6.39 and later versions.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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