IRQ problem with PCMCIA

David Hinds dhinds at sonic.net
Sun Aug 21 18:19:35 EDT 2005


On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:17:39PM -0700, David Hinds wrote:
> 
> The drivers are working correctly; the problem is with the CF flash
> adapter you're using.  There are two kinds of CF-to-PCMCIA adapters.
> Some are 16-bit PCMCIA cards, which are in most cases limited to a bus
> throughput of ~1 MB/sec, regardless of what the CF card is capable
> of.  There are also 32-bit CF adapter cards, that are much faster,
> limited only by the speed of the CF device.  Here are two:
> 
> http://www.delkin.com/delkin_products_adapters_cardbus.html
> http://www.lexarmedia.com/readers/cf32bit.html

One caveat: I'm not sure if CardBus IDE devices are working under
Linux??  I'd think they should work with 2.6, but don't actually know
that for a fact.

-- Dave



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