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SubjectRe: How to Switch DMA off for only one Harddisk at Kernelboot
Hi,

Lennart Sorensen wrote:

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> Isn't it more a matter of having a CF card that does do DMA and a
> controller that does DMA, but a CF to IDE adapter that does not do DMA?
>
> If it is really a case of a CF card that claims to do DMA but is
> unstable if you try (I have found one model that does so), then it
> should simply be added to the ide dma blacklist instead.

Maybe I will try this also, but for the moment it is running.

> I blacklisted 'SMART CF' on my system since they have random read errors
> and other i/o errors whenever DMA is enabled (while other cards work
> fine with DMA enabled). They claim to do DMA, but sure don't seem to do
> so reliably on this system. SiliconDrive CF works perfectly with DMA on
> the same system.

It is working now with "hda=nodma" on kernel 2.6.24-rc5. Thanks to
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz who gave me the hint to use the newest kernel.

Thanks to all.

Olli


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