Failing to get DMA working with MPC5200 (TQM5200) and CompactFlash

Wolfgang Wegner wolfgang at leila.ping.de
Sat Mar 27 09:17:07 EST 2010


Hi Josh,

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 02:32:02PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:22:32PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > 
> > Not all CF adapters have all the pins wired up that are needed for
> > *DMA modes.  That is the most likely problem.
> 
> True, but we bought a card that specifically advertises support for
> UDMA, and says UDMA right on the card's label.
> 
> http://store.lexar.com/?productid=CF8GB-300-381

Grant was referring to the adapter, not the card!

In fact I still have to see a single CF-to-IDE adapter that does
have the wires needed for (U)DMA without me soldering them in place...

Regards,
Wolfgang



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