Re: ide cd/dvd with 2.4.19-pre8

Måns Rullgård (mru@users.sourceforge.net)
18 May 2002 18:39:16 +0200


Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> writes:

> The driver pulled your system back into safe data io ranges.
> Either your cable routing is poor, your power supply is marginal, possible
> but not likely (hardware combination does not like the odd or even cable
> grounding setup), regardless it did the correct thing.
>
> The problem is a feature to prevent the driver from dropping out of DMA
> to PIO when it is better to down grade the transfer rate.
>
> The next issue is whether your ATAPI is in DMA, and it should not be.
> The driver core does not use split dma engines yet.

I just tried connecting it to a cmd646 controller. It runs at full speed
but no dma because of cmd bugs. Is there a problem with the new pdc202xx
driver in 2.4.19 or is it somehow my fault?

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
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