[geeks] IPCop and pfSense...

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 18, 2008, at 15:51 , Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> I don't know why the adapter would matter at all.  The CF adapters I
> have here are completely passive devices.
>
> I think that some CF cards don't support DMA at all, and some CF cards
> have busted DMA support.

Makes sense.

They can't even be bothered to agree on some kind of size standard  
either.  We constantly have to change our custom fdisk parameter files  
because even the same brand of CF can vary in size for different model  
variations.

> However, I hate using CF cards and I really want to move to those IDC
> header modules.

You mean those "disk on module" things that plug into an IDE slot?

I've had DMA errors on those too.

Some of it is FreeBSD bugs (everything since 4.x has been messy), but  
I don't know that all of it is.

Plus, the advantage of using CF cards is that we can use the same  
cards in several different systems that have multiple ways of mounting  
CF drives.

IDC/DOM will only work on IDE equipped machines, for example.

> I'd feel better if the CF card mounted on the
> motherboard, like was originally be supposed to be supported on the  
> SBCs
> I'm using (there is a CF port, but you can't use it.  Grr).  But  
> running
> an IDE cable to a seperate CF adapter, and drilling the metal work to
> mount it internally is oh so very ugly.

Some stuff I've used has motherboard mounts, and they do work better.

Although... would it be too much trouble for them to angle the mount  
so that you could get the cards in and out easier?

A couple of servers I've used were flat against the motherboard, and  
the CF cards barely would go in.

During testing we often need to plug/unplug a lot, and sometimes a  
customer might have to change the flash as well.

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