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From: Philipp Wollermann <philipp@igowo.de>
To: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IDE DMA doesn't work with pata_via and compact flash card
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:21:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <470EA1FC.4040604@igowo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <470E2220.6040504@aitel.hist.no>

Helge Hafting wrote:
> philipp@igowo.de wrote:
>>> Does your CF/IDE adapter support DMA ?
>>
>> Is there some way I can figure it out? I'll have a deeper look on the
>> datasheet when I'm home again later, but I'm rather sure there wasn't
>> anything mentioning supporting data transfer modes..
>>   
> Some take care to document this. I checked dma capability
> before bying mine. mini-itx.com seems to get this right.

I have returned the adapter card, it indeed didn't support DMA (I 
checked the pins on the board, pin 21 and 29 are necessary for DMA 
support and they weren't wired). I bought a new one which explicitly 
supports DMA and will report when it ships. :)

Best regards,
Philipp

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-11 22:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-11  7:05 IDE DMA doesn't work with pata_via and compact flash card Philipp Wollermann
2007-10-11 10:19 ` Alan Cox
2007-10-11 11:03   ` philipp
2007-10-11 13:16     ` Helge Hafting
2007-10-11 22:21       ` Philipp Wollermann [this message]
2007-10-11 11:39   ` philipp

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