Re: Better support for Delkin cardbus CF adapters -- IDE layer

[Alan Cox]

> the kernel), performance is pretty abysmal.  What would it take to get
> proper DMA support?  Is it an architecture problem, in that this
> doesn't use the normal IDE PCI driver?  Is it a lack of documentation
> on card specs?  What can I do to help?

Persuade Delkin to provide specifications either publically or under NDA
(but allowing a GPL source code driver) with one of the ATA developers.

For a fairly typical SFF style controller it shouldn't take long to
produce a test driver.

Alan
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