From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: bug: AHCI: Serial ATA to CompactFlash adapter loops endlessly Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:49:20 -0500 Message-ID: <45842390.1000102@pobox.com> References: <20061117211135.GO7299@kvack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:34887 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161189AbWLPQtX (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:49:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20061117211135.GO7299@kvack.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > While trying out a CompactFlash card on Serial ATA to CF adapter, I'm > running into a machine that loops endlessly after attempting to disable > DMA due to blacklisting. The adapter itself works with a different CF > card that isn't blacklisted and uses DMA. Note that most CompactFlash > should not be blacklisted, rather the adapters that don't wire up the DMA > line should be worked around by the system owner with ideX=nodma (which > is definately the case with some of the WRAP boards, which could perhaps > be worked around by detecting their BIOS). Anyway, I'm game for testing > any patches/ideas that folks have. Thanks, Did you ever figure anything out in this direction? As you saw on IRC, I might start poking at a SATA<->CF adapter in my quest to build a near-silent x86 machine. Jeff