Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h

[Petr Janda <elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Francois Tigeot wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:34:57PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote:
>   
> > > Gergo Szakal wrote:
> > >       
> > > > On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200
> > > > Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@telia.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > Isn't it about time to drop support for floppies soon?
> > > > >           
> > > > No, floppies are still great, especially on legacy hardware.
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses
> > > (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time.
> > >       
> > EISA is long dead and can go away
> > ISA is still used on modern hardware -- anything without USB mouse/keyboard
> > uses ISA under the covers, along with other stuff.
> >     
>
> And you can still buy modern machines with real ISA expansion slots. Core2 Duo
> PCs with ISA slots seem a bit weird, but they exist.
>
>   
You are right, but I think because DragonFly is a small sized project we 
should be trying to support the most common modern hardware, instead of 
ancient hardware that barely no one uses these days.