Francesco Romano wrote: > > I regularly use Compact Flash SanDisk Ultra II and Extreme III in DMA > mode. The problems i found in the past was not with the compact flashs, > but with ide/cf adapters. I have many bulk adapters with name "CFDISK > IDE/CompactFlash adapter" from PC Engines GmbH. With revision 1D i can't > get DMA works, with rev. 1E instead works very well and fast. On the > board, visually, there are no differences. > Regards, > Francesco Romano
There seems to be a lot of debate on the subject. Check out this thread: http://www.epanorama.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22498&sid=0455441c94230a3547bb83365e21c2cb However, my practical experience has been that DMA support with any flash media is iffy at best. There are not many places in AstLinux where you can actually benefit from the increase in transfer speed. However, the reduction in CPU usage would be beneficial (obviously). The default in AstLinux (dma disabled by default) is a trade-off between speed and reliability. -- Kristian Kielhofner _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
