Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-13 Thread Ron Yorgason
Bah, you're right. He gave me the name for the wrong device. It's really an Interfirm HS-CF32 device. He said the company has gone out of business, but a quick google shows an interfirm.co.jp site with this HS-CF32 device on it. I'll try and get specifications there. --Ron On Nov 13, 2007 5:5

Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-13 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:57 -0500 "Ron Yorgason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received a response from Synchrotech, the supplier of one of my > cards. He said that they were under NDA with their manufacturing > partner and couldn't offer the full specs. However he could tell me > the specific

Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-13 Thread Ron Yorgason
I received a response from Synchrotech, the supplier of one of my cards. He said that they were under NDA with their manufacturing partner and couldn't offer the full specs. However he could tell me the specific bridge chip: JMicron JMB368 PCIe to PATA controller A quick google led me to their

Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-12 Thread Alan Cox
> the kernel), performance is pretty abysmal. What would it take to get > proper DMA support? Is it an architecture problem, in that this > doesn't use the normal IDE PCI driver? Is it a lack of documentation > on card specs? What can I do to help? Persuade Delkin to provide specifications eit

Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-12 Thread Mark Lord
Ron Yorgason wrote: But I'm concerned about performance. The delkin_cb.c file states: * This is slightly peculiar, in that it is a PCI driver, * but is NOT an IDE PCI driver -- the IDE layer does not directly * support hot insertion/removal of PCI interfaces, so this driver * is unable

Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

2007-11-12 Thread Ron Yorgason
Please CC me with any responses, I'm not on the lkml. I'm trying to build a budget SSD using cardbus CF adapters & fast CF cards. The latest CF adapters support UDMA and PIO access methods, and CF cards support these too. The latest Delkin model boasts speeds of 45MB/s. I currently own this car