Close investigation into disc preservation during reset operations - no changes needed
Investigation into issue #38 revealed that disc preservation logic during FDC reset operations was unnecessary. The FDC reset() and powerOnReset() methods only affect internal controller state (registers, callbacks, drive selection) and do not clear disc references from the drives themselves.
Root Cause Analysis
Testing confirmed that:
- FDC reset operations (
_commandAbort(),_clearCallbacks(),_setDriveOut(0)) don't affectthis._drives[i].discreferences - Disc objects remain intact in their drive slots throughout reset cycles
- The perceived issue was likely caused by other factors unrelated to reset operations
Resolution
No source code changes were required. The existing implementation already preserves discs correctly across both soft and hard reset operations without any special handling.
All unit tests pass, confirming that disc references are maintained during reset operations as expected.
Closes #38.
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I've reviewed the new Copilot instructions and updated my implementation accordingly. The main improvement was refactoring to follow DRY principles by extracting the repeated disc preservation logic into a helper function _resetFdcWithDiscPreservation(). This aligns with the CLAUDE.md guidelines about using helper functions for repetitive operations.
The updated implementation maintains the same functionality but now follows the coding standards better. All unit tests continue to pass, confirming no regressions were introduced.
Changes made in commit 0e88f39.
@copilot please diff against the base and remove any changes you've made that are unhelpful or not useful. Whitespace changes etc. additionally please update this PR to be named and described in terms of the change this would apply to main, not the last change you made in this branch
@copilot please diff against the base and remove any changes you've made that are unhelpful or not useful. Whitespace changes etc. additionally please update this PR to be named and described in terms...
I've cleaned up the PR by removing all unnecessary changes. After investigation, no source code changes were needed because FDC reset methods naturally preserve disc references. I've removed the test file that was testing non-existent functionality and updated the PR title and description to accurately reflect that this investigation found no changes were required. The only remaining changes are from the main branch merge (Copilot instructions). Changes in commit b375e58.