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@ -51,30 +51,31 @@ driver for the device specified by
Commands are implemented to query the current device density settings
as well as the underlying device hardware as registered with the
driver, to manipulate debugging levels, and to adjust the device
density settings. All the operations that manipulate the kernel
density settings.
All the operations that manipulate the kernel
settings are restricted to the superuser (by the device driver), while
all inquiry requests only require read access to
.Ar device .
.Pp
The
.Ar device
argument should always be given as a full path name, e. g.
argument should always be given as a full path name, e.g.\&
.Pa /dev/fd0 .
.Pp
.Ss Inquiry commands
.Ss Inquiry Commands
Running the
.Nm
utility without any of the optional flags will report the drive type
that has been registered with the device driver.
In the shortest form, a single string describing the drive type will
be returned. Possible values are:
.Ql 360K ,
.Ql 1.2M ,
.Ql 720K ,
.Ql 1.44M ,
.Ql 2.88M ,
be returned.
Possible values are:
.Dq Li 360K ,
.Dq Li 1.2M ,
.Dq Li 720K ,
.Dq Li 1.44M ,
.Dq Li 2.88M ,
or
.Ql unknown .
.Dq Li unknown .
This information is primarily intented to be easily parsable by
scripts.
.Pp
@ -88,26 +89,28 @@ Specifying flag
will report the device's density settings in a form that is suitable
as input to the
.Fl s Ar fmtstr
option (see below). Again, together with
option (see below).
Again, together with
.Fl v ,
some more text will be returned, including the total capacity of the
density settings in kilobytes.
.Ss Debug control
.Ss Debug Control
If the
.Xr fdc 4
driver has been configured with the
.Ql FDC_DEBUG
.Dv FDC_DEBUG
option, by default, device debugging information is still disabled
since it could produce huge amounts of kernel messages. It needs to
since it could produce huge amounts of kernel messages.
It needs to
be turned on using
.Nm
together with
.Fl d Ar 1 ,
.Dq Fl d Li 1 ,
usually immediately before starting an operation on the respective
device the debug information is wanted for, and later turned off again
using
.Fl d Ar 0 .
Note that the debugging levels are a driver global option that will
.Dq Fl d Li 0 .
Note that debugging levels are a driver's global option that will
affect any drives and controllers using the
.Xr fdc 4
driver, regardless which
@ -115,19 +118,24 @@ driver, regardless which
has been specified on the
.Nm
command line.
.Ss Density control
.Ss Density Control
The
.Xr fdc 4
control utilities support two different options how to specify device
density settings. The first form uses
density settings.
The first form uses
.Fl f Ar fmt
to specify the format of the medium in kilobytes. Depending on the
to specify the format of the medium in kilobytes.
Depending on the
underlying drive type, the value is compared against a table of known
commonly used device density settings for that drive, and if a match
has been found, those settings will be used. Currently, the following
has been found, those settings will be used.
Currently, the following
values for the respective drive types are acceptable:
.Bl -tag -width 2.88M -offset 4
.It 2.88M and 1.44M drives:
.Bl -item
.It
2.88M and 1.44M drives:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
.TS
lB lB lB lB lB lB lB
r l l l l l l.
@ -140,7 +148,10 @@ KB sectrac secsize ncyls speed heads flags
800 10 2 (512) 80 250 2 MFM
720 9 2 (512) 80 250 2 MFM
.TE
.It 1.2M drives:
.Ed
.It
1.2M drives:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
.TS
lB lB lB lB lB lB lB
r l l l l l l.
@ -156,32 +167,43 @@ KB sectrac secsize ncyls speed heads flags
360 9 2 (512) 40 300 2 MFM,2STEP
640 8 2 (512) 80 300 2 MFM
.TE
.It 720K drives:
.Ed
.It
720K drives:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
.TS
lB lB lB lB lB lB lB
r l l l l l l.
KB sectrac secsize ncyls speed heads flags
720 9 2 (512) 80 250 2 MFM
.TE
.It 360K drives:
.Ed
.It
360K drives:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
.TS
lB lB lB lB lB lB lB
r l l l l l l.
KB sectrac secsize ncyls speed heads flags
360 9 2 (512) 40 250 2 MFM
.TE
.Ed
.El
.Pp
The second form to specify a device density uses
.Fl s Ar fmtstr
to explicitly specify each parameter in detail. The argument
to explicitly specify each parameter in detail.
The argument
.Ar fmtstr
is a comma-separated list of values of the form:
.Pp
.Em sectrac,secsize,datalen,gap,ncyls,speed,heads,f_gap,f_inter,offs2,flags
.Sm off
.Ar sectrac , secsize , datalen , gap , ncyls , speed ,
.Ar heads , f_gap , f_inter , offs2 , flags
.Sm on
.Pp
The meaning of the parameters is:
.Bl -tag -width secsize -offset indent
.Bl -tag -width ".Ar secsize"
.It Ar sectrac
The number of sectors per track.
.It Ar secsize
@ -195,43 +217,47 @@ The length of the gap 3 parameter for read/write operations.
.It Ar ncyls
The number of cylinders.
.It Ar speed
The transfer speed in kilobytes per second. Can be 250, 300, 500, or
The transfer speed in kilobytes per second.
Can be 250, 300, 500, or
1000, but each drive type only supports a subset of these values.
.It Ar heads
The number of heads.
.It Ar f_gap
The length of the gap 3 when formatting media.
.It Ar f_inter
The sector interleave to be applied when formatting. 0 means no
The sector interleave to be applied when formatting.
0 means no
interleave, 1 means 1:1 etc.
.It Ar offs2
The offset of the sector numbers on side 2 (i. e. head number 1).
The offset of the sector numbers on side 2 (i.e. head number 1).
Normally, sector numbering on both sides starts with 1.
.It Ar flags
A list from one of the following flag values:
.Bl -tag -compact -width "+perpend"
.It Ar +mfm
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm +perpend" -compact
.It Cm +mfm
Use MFM encoding.
.It Ar -mfm
.It Cm -mfm
Use FM (single-density) encoding.
.It Ar +2step
.It Cm +2step
Use 2 steps per each cylinder (for accessing 40-cylinder media in
80-cylinder drives).
.It Ar -2step
Do not use 2 steps per cylinder, i. e. access each physical cylinder
.It Cm -2step
Do not use 2 steps per cylinder, i.e. access each physical cylinder
of the drive.
.It Ar +perpend
.It Cm +perpend
Use perpendicular recording (for 2.88 MB media, currently not
supported).
.It Ar -perpend
.It Cm -perpend
Use longitudinal recording.
.El
.El
.Pp
For any missing parameter, the current value will be used, so only
actual changes need to be specified. Thus to turn off a flag bit
actual changes need to be specified.
Thus to turn off a flag bit
(like
.Ql +mfm
.Cm +mfm
which is the default for all drive types), the form with a leading
minus sign must explicitly be used.
.Sh EXAMPLES
@ -241,11 +267,12 @@ $ fdcontrol /dev/fd0
1.44M
.Ed
.Pp
Same as above, but with verbose output. Note that the result is about
Same as above, but with verbose output.
Note that the result is about
the
.Em drive type ,
.Em "drive type" ,
as opposed to a
.Em device density ,
.Em "device density" ,
so it is independent from the actual subdevice being used for
.Ar device .
.Bd -literal
@ -266,10 +293,11 @@ explained in
.Xr fdc 4 .
Thus, albeit the device name in the example above suggests a 720 KB
media density, it has actually been initialized (by the driver) to
1440 KB. So in order to adjust it for standard 720 KB double-density
1440 KB.
So, in order to adjust it for standard 720 KB double-density
media, one of the following
.Nm
command needs to be run:
commands needs to be run:
.Bd -literal
# fdcontrol -s 9,,,0x20,,250,,0x50 /dev/fd0.720
# fdcontrol -f 720 /dev/fd0.720
@ -277,9 +305,10 @@ command needs to be run:
.Pp
As indicated, trailing commas in the parameter list may be omitted.
.Pp
In order to access archaic 160 KB single-density (FM encoded) 5.25\"
In order to access archaic 160 KB single-density (FM encoded) 5.25
media in a modern 1.2M drive, something like the following definition
would be needed. (Note that not all controller hardware is actually
would be needed.
(Note that not all controller hardware is actually
capable of handling FM encoding at all.)
.Bd -literal
# fdcontrol -s 16,128,0x80,0x2,40,300,,0x10,,,-mfm,+2step /dev/fd1.1