Differential D18723

biosdisk needs to use std probe for floppy devices
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Authored by tsoome on Jan 2 2019, 8:41 PM.

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Commits: rS342785: With buggy int13 ah=15, we can mis-identify the floppy devices.

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With buggy int13 ah=15, we can mis-identify the floppy devices.

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tsoome created this revision.Jan 2 2019, 8:41 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B21814: Diff 52497.Jan 2 2019, 8:41 PM

Are we *guaranteed* to have the floppy drives coming only at the start of the list?

In D18723#399420, @yuripv wrote:

Are we *guaranteed* to have the floppy drives coming only at the start of the list?

There is no such thing as *guaranteed* in the BIOS world. However, the fact about hard disks starting from 0x80 and floppy drives starting from 0 (or hdd's having high bit set:) is so fundamental that I hope they do not dare to break it:) In any case, if this fact is broken, all but trivial boot loaders are broken.

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This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Jan 5 2019, 7:20 AM

Closed by commit rS342785: With buggy int13 ah=15, we can mis-identify the floppy devices. (authored by tsoome). · Explain Why

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