Re: solaris cdrecord BH08LS20 drive BD-R problems
>>>>> 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.
>
> As you might know, I send accurate information, so what is your issue?
It's not a forum for discussing "my issues." If you want to continue
discussion, counterargument following:
1. According to 'man ata' DMA is enabled by default on Solaris 10. To my
experience with Sun W1100z it holds true.
2. 'man eeprom' does not provide any information about DMA settings.
3. SPARC Solaris *is* capable of DMA on ATA. To my experience it holds
true on Solaris 8 with Pioneer DVR-106: CPU load and performance was
adequate in my DVD recording tests and I never had any problems engaging
buffer underrun protection. Negotiated settings for every device can be
verified with 'prtconf -v'. A.
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