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- Lines: 21
- Date:
Sat May 4 19:39:22 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.97/linux/drivers/block/README.fd
- Orig date:
Mon Apr 29 18:05:15 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.97/linux/drivers/block/README.fd linux/drivers/block/README.fd
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
floppy=nofifo
Disables the FIFO entirely. This is needed if you get "Bus
master arbitration error" messages from your ethernet card (or
- from other devices) while accessing the foppy.
+ from other devices) while accessing the floppy.
floppy=fifo
Enables the FIFO (default)
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@
higher value, until you only get an occasional Over/Underrun.
It is a good idea to compile the floppy driver as a module
when doing this tuning. Indeed, it allows to try different
- fifo values whithout rebooting the machine for each test. Note
+ fifo values without rebooting the machine for each test. Note
that you need to do 'floppycontrol --messages' every time you
- re-inseert the module.
+ re-insert the module.
Usually, tuning the fifo threshold should not be needed, as
the default (0xa) is reasonable.
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TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, slshen@lbl.gov
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