[hatari-devel] Slow HD boot with the new floppy code

[Nicolas Pomarède]

Le 08/10/2011 11:18, Miro Kropáček a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I've just pulled the current code & compiled it and I noticed there's a
> noticable slowdown, especially with "Fast floppy access" disabled. As I
> understand it, the recent changes to the floppy code should make it more
> precise but I assure you, the booting on Falcon doesn't take that long ;)
>
> To be clear, I'm talking about a time between pressing a key to the
> desktop appearance.
>

Well, I never had a real HD to compare, but now the new FDC code is 
really waiting for a floppy to be inserted in drive A before continuing.

On a real STF (without HD), when you switched on the STF without a disk 
in it, you had to wait more than 30 sec to finally get the TOS screen, 
we now have the same behaviour (including this long wait)

Maybe some TOS versions are more suited for HD mode and don't wait that 
long for a disk to be inserted in drive A: ?

How does a real Falcon behave with no disk and a HD ?

Maybe something is wrong in my code, but at least it's similar to what 
my STF does.


Nicolas