RE: PCI-to-IDE Cards for BCM91480b
Hello Gary,
Which slot is the card in? [Hint - try to one closest to the processor]
HTH
/Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Smith [mailto:gary.smith@3phoenix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:02 PM
> To: debian-mips@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: PCI-to-IDE Cards for BCM91480b
>
> 1GB of memory is being used. 2 DDR2 512MB modules are used, each is
> PC2-4200 (Micron MT18HTF6472AY). An I/O Flex Ultra ATA/133 PCI-to-IDE
> controller is used, and the card contains a Silicon Image
> Sil0680ACL144
> chip.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Michlmayr [mailto:tbm@cyrius.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:27 PM
> To: Gary Smith
> Cc: debian-mips@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: PCI-to-IDE Cards for BCM91480b
>
> * Gary Smith <gary.smith@3phoenix.com> [2006-12-12 13:56]:
> > I am in the process of installing Debian Linux to a disk
> drive using a
> > BCM91480b evaluation platform, and I am using a third-party
> PCI-to-IDE
> card
> > to connect between the 91480b evaluation board and the drive. I've
> > encountered various DMA issues when installing or using
> Debian, and I am
> > curious to know if using another PCI-to-IDE card would
> solve the problems
> > I've encountered. Are there particular PCI-to-IDE cards that are
> > recommended for use with Debian Linux and the BCM91480b platform?
>
> I'm using a Silicon Image PCI0680 PCI card without any problems with 1
> GB of RAM but had problems with 2 GB. How much RAM do you have and
> what kind of card are you using?
> --
> Martin Michlmayr
> http://www.cyrius.com/
>
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