> > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 01:48:24 -0400 > From: Kristian Kielhofner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] VIA EPIA board > To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > canuck15 wrote: > > > > > > Just make sure the adapter supports DMA. A lot of them > don't because the > > Sandisk reference design they are all based on did not. > Now that newer CF > > drives are starting to support DMA, most newer CF>IDE > adapters coming out > > now do. Hint's if it does not mention it then it probably > does not support > > DMA. I got caught on this one which is why I am mentioning it. > > > DMA support doesn't have anything to do with the adapter. > Most CF cards > do not support DMS themselves, that is why it is disabled by > default in > AstLinux. I only know of one kind of CF card that supports DMA - the > high end Sandisk industrial line. I remember them being > something like > 10X the cost of the regular CF cards! > > > -- > Kristian Kielhofner
That is what I thought but it is not so anymore. I bought a standard Sandisk Card at Staples about 6 months ago and it turns out it supports DMA. It was not the Ultra version or whatever. Just a regular 256MB Sandisk CF card with the blue and red label. When it boots up the BIOS and the initial Linux bootloader both detect it as DMA. Unfortunately, my adapter does not support DMA which causes some problems on other installs using Debian Sarge even if I use the =nodma. It works ok in Astlinux with the default =nodma setting though which is just as well because I can't take advantage of the dma capability with my current adapters. A lot of adapters for sale now are advertising DMA compatibility. I guess I will just have to buy one. _______________________________________________ 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]
