Normal floppy disk support
modulename: floppy.ko
configname: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Block devices
└─>Normal floppy disk support
In linux kernel since version 2.6.20 (release Date: 2007-02-04)
If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
Thinkpad users, is contained in
<file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst>.
That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
parameters of the driver at run time.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called floppy.
say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
Thinkpad users, is contained in
<file:Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst>.
That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
parameters of the driver at run time.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called floppy.