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34 .Nd modify floppy disk parameters
45 utility allows the modification of the run-time behavior of the floppy
46 disk device specified by
49 should be a character device.
53 utility currently supports the specification of device parameters for the
57 or it allows the modification of the driver debug level, in case the
58 floppy driver has been compiled into the kernel with the
63 Since the implications of such actions are considered harmful, the
66 command is restricted to the super-user.
68 When requesting a new parameter specification, the command asks the
69 user for each individual tunable parameter, defaulting to the
72 Error codes for the underlying
74 commands are printed by the
84 utility is currently under development.
85 It's user interface and overall
86 functionality are subjects to future improvements and changes.
88 The program has been contributed by
94 utility is currently under development.
95 It's user interface is rather
96 silly and likely to change in future, options should be provided to
97 allow anything being modified from the command line.
99 The driver does actually support only two debug levels
101 where debug level 1 will generate huge amounts of output.
103 to overflow the syslog if not used with extreme care.