Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [cgutman] 52055: [FDC] - Implement fdc.sys (still needs work but fairly complete) [TXTSETUP.SIF] - Load fdc.sys for floppy controllers [FDC.INF] - Install fdc.sys for floppy controllers

[Aleksey Bragin]

With all my respect to the hard work put into this, I want to express  
my concerns:

Why is there a need to develop a half-done fdc, if there is a full,  
working, tested by millions driver available even in old DDKs, which  
we can use without violating its license?
Why waste time writing that driver from scratch now when we could  
just import DDK's one and spend time fixing our PnP manager instead,  
and other involved components so that DDK's driver actually works?
Again, with all my respect to Cameron, he does a great job, but when  
he disappears next time for a year or two, who is going to finish  
FDC? Or any other of his half-finished branches? (each being really a  
pearl if it's done).

I would really suggest using all available resources first and only  
then spend time developing our own stuff instead of already existing.


Thanks for understanding,
Aleksey.

On Jun 2, 2011, at 10:24 AM, cgutman(a)svn.reactos.org wrote:

>   Author: cgutman
>  Date: Thu Jun  2 06:24:25 2011
>  New Revision: 52055
>
>  URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=52055&view=rev
>  Log:
>  [FDC]
>  - Implement fdc.sys (still needs work but fairly complete)
>  [TXTSETUP.SIF]
>  - Load fdc.sys for floppy controllers
>  [FDC.INF]
>  - Install fdc.sys for floppy controllers
>
>  Added:
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/CMakeLists.txt   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/directory.rbuild   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/CMakeLists.txt   (with  
>  props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/SOURCES   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/fdc.c   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/fdc.h   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/fdc.rbuild   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/fdc.rc   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/fdo.c   (with props)
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/fdc/fdc/pdo.c   (with props)
>  Modified:
>      trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/txtsetup.sif
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/CMakeLists.txt
>      trunk/reactos/drivers/storage/directory.rbuild
>      trunk/reactos/media/inf/fdc.inf
>