The Ftape Installation Guide - Kernel patches
You don't need to patch the 2.*.* kernels at all to use ftape. But it
might be useful to apply the patch contained in
`patches/2.x.x/floppy.c.dif
'
(floppy.c.dif)
to the floppy driver like follows:
cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < /usr/src/ftape-3.04d/patches/2.x.x/floppy.c.dif
The problem with the current version of the floppy driver is that it
accesses the I/O-ports of the floppy controller without checking whether
they are in use. The patch contained in the ftape package changes the
floppy driver to protect the I/O-port access by calls to
`check_region()
' which is the proper way to avoid such kind of
conflicts. As a result, the floppy driver (when compiled as a module)
will fail to load while your floppy tape is in use but will not disturb
the operation of the tape drive.
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