Re: solaris cdrecord BH08LS20 drive BD-R problems
>> On a side note for reference.
>>
>>>> My system is loaded with one of the newer versions of solaris 10
>>>> $ uname -a
>>>> SunOS my_machine 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4u sparc sun4u
>>>
>>> Note that Solaris 10 in general does not by default enable DMA
>> It's natural to expect that "Solaris 10 in general" covers x86, isn't?
>> Quoting 'man ata' from Solaris 10:
>>
>> Direct Memory Access (DMA) and PCI-IDE Systems
>> Direct Memory Access is enabled by default. To disable DMA
>> ...
>>
>>> but you need it
>>> for writing. See eeprom(1)
>> eeprom(1) manual page contains no mention of DMA.
>>
>>> Note that Solaris sparc still does not support DMA on ATA interfaces.
>> It's natural to expect that "still" means from oldest SPARC Solaris
>> implementing support for IDE through latest, isn't it? Well, I can't
>> speak for oldest and latest ones, but otherwise SPARC Solaris is capable
>> of DMA on ATA interfaces to my knowledge. Negotiated value is reflected
>> in targetN-dcd-options in prtconf -v output. Value of 0x000000a2 is
>> common for optical media units and denotes UDMA-2 mode.
>
> I am not sure about what you are interested in....
Accuracy of information provided to the public. A.
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