floppy in pmode

[GLneo]

i found that my start motor also fails, and bochs doesn't care if it is on or off

p.s. does any one know a place to put code online free (not sourcefourge ???

[bubach]

Any free host, like mine at www.asmhackers.net

[Dex4u]

i found that my start motor also fails, and bochs doesn't care if it is on or off

If code like that fails, then ever your floppy is fault or your using a usb floppy drive or it does not get call in your code??.

Or you could try ;

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void start_motor()
{
    outport(0x372, 0x1C);
    delay(1);
}    

To see if its configured as a secondary controller.

[GLneo]

ok, i've got time in betwing all statments and it worked!, but after a few minetes of delays what doesn't and what does need time sensitivity ???, thx

[Dex4u]

Look at the code fdd.asm, look for this bit of code:

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mov   [Timer],5         ; 5 = 250us or 20 = 1 second.

It may now always be"5" it could be "1" or "20" etc.
You should know what your timer is compared to a second (eg: 18.2) = a second etc, now put the same delay in as is in my code at the same place in your code.
Note: One of the most critical timing things is that from starting the floppy motor, it need to get up to speed, so set this to 1 second for now, from starting to moving on to the rest of the code.

[GLneo]

i was working on a read_sector based on Dex4u driver, here is all code:

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void floppy_read_sector(unsigned char *buf, int pos)
{
    int sec, cyl, head;
    sec = (pos % 18) + 1;
    cyl = (pos / 18) / 2;
    head = pos % 2;
    if(motor_on == 0)
    {
        start_motor();
        motor_on = 1;
    }
    outport((base_used + 0x7), 0);
    set_dma(buf, 512);
    send_byte(0xE6);
    send_byte(0x00);
    send_byte((unsigned char)cyl);
    send_byte((unsigned char)head);
    send_byte((unsigned char)sec);
    send_byte(0x02);
    send_byte(0x12);
    send_byte(0x1B);
    send_byte(0xFF);
    wait_irq6();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
    (void)get_byte();
}

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void set_dma(char *buff, short size)
{
    char page; 
    short offset;
    page = (char)((int)buff >> 16);
???offset = (short)((int)buff & 0xFFFF);
    outport(0x0A, 6);
    outport(0x0B, 70);
    outport(0x0C, 1);
    outport(0x04, offset | 0xFF);
    outport(0x04, offset >> 4);
    outport(0x81, page);
    outport(0x0C, 1);
    outport(0x05, size | 0xFF);
    outport(0x05, size >> 4);
    outport(0x0A, 2);
}

bochs says:

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00350430685e[FDD  ] head number in command[1] doesn't match head field

[GLneo]

the motor wasn't on, but now the dma has problems:

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00980630292e[DMA  ] write to command register: value(10h) not 0x00
00985368858e[FDD  ] head number in command[1] doesn't match head field

[GLneo]

ok, i've fixed the previous problem, but a new one:

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00391632969p[CPU  ] >>PANIC<< bound: op2 must be memory reference
00391665829e[DEV  ] write to port 0x03d5 with len 4 ignored
00391665950p[CPU  ] >>PANIC<< prefetch: running in bogus memory

the old code is the same exept:

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sec = (pos % 18) + 1;
    cyl = (pos / 18) / 2;
    head = cyl % 2;

over the old converter

[GLneo]

does any one know of a very little fdc, plz :'(

[AR]

I don't know whether or not this will help, my code for LBA to CHS Conversion looks like:

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Sector = (static_cast<UINT32>(Offset) % volume->Parent->Sectors) + 1;
Cylinder = (static_cast<UINT32>(Offset) / volume->Parent->Sectors) / volume->Parent->Heads;
Head = (static_cast<UINT32>(Offset) / volume->Parent->Sectors) % volume->Parent->Heads;

(The casts are there because Offset is 64bit, just disregard them) - This code is used by my bootloader for calculating the parameters for the BIOS INT 13h service but it looks like it should work the same, I'm not an expert on the FDC though.

[EinM]

Hi!
GLneo: can you tell me, how do you fix the "head number in command[1] doesn't match head field" Problem?

Thank you!