[Soekris] Segfaults on 4801 when running with ide drive AND cf

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <45A7AD74.3010905 at ant.uni-bremen.de>, Heinrich Rebehn writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>>> I am the above mentioned customer :-)
>>>
>>> 0256 Mbyte Memory                        CPU Geode 266 Mhz
>>>
>>> Pri Mas  HITACHI_DK23EA-20               LBA Xlt 1024-255-63  19535 Mbyte
>>> Pri Sla  DMA FD                          LBA 1006-16-63  507 Mbyte
>> 
>> Can you check if the content of these two lines change depending
>> on if you have only one or both of the devices attached ?
>> 
>> We could be looking at a CF card which does not implement the
>> master/slave functionality correctly.
>> 
>
>I do not have physical access to the box right now, but from memory i 
>can tell the the CF is always slave, no matter whether the HD is 
>attached or not.
>Does this matter, as long as the two devices do not claim to be the same 
>(master/slave)?

I'm not sure I can answer definitively either way.

Obviously if you could try with another brand of CF card as well
that would help narrow the field somewhat.

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