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

Heinrich Rebehn rebehn at ant.uni-bremen.de
Fri Jan 12 15:59:07 UTC 2007


Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 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.
> 
I will try to get one next week.

--Heinrich


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