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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:16:16 +0200
From: Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>
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Subject: Re: IDE DMA doesn't work with pata_via and compact flash card
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philipp@igowo.de wrote:
>> Does your CF/IDE adapter support DMA ?
>>     
>
> Thank you for your answer :)
>
> I thought CF/IDE adapters are mainly electrical adapters.. I've never seen
> one which explicitly states the modes it supports. On the other hand it
> says on the package: "Vista compatible" (whatever that means)
>
> Is there some way I can figure it out? I'll have a deeper look on the
> datasheet when I'm home again later, but I'm rather sure there wasn't
> anything mentioning supporting data transfer modes..
>   
Some take care to document this. I checked dma capability
before bying mine. mini-itx.com seems to get this right.

Helge Hafting
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