Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] [BULK] Re: [BULK] Quad port nic

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Quoting Jacob Sandin <dev...@js...>:

> Hmmm, might say bingo..
>
> It flashed by when I searched for NSA CF and linux that NSA only supported
> PIO.
>
> A bit more searching on that gave me ide=nodma for boot option
> (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/dma-error-on-tran
> scend-cf-cards-584070/)
>
> So I thought better to try and burn than ...
>
> Actually since I added it to grub.conf I have not had a single failure.
>
> Does this make scense to anyone that knows these CF things better than me,
> can I trust the system now?

I would say yes.
Some systems (older ones mostly) don't like DMA mode or it's just not  
supported right by the driver. PIO is usually working, it's just  
significantly slower.

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Regards
   Heiko Zuerker
   http://www.devil-linux.org


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