Chuck Swiger wrote: > Søren Schmidt wrote: >> Actually not, most if not all modern fast burners implements some sort >> of "burn proof" ie no coasters at all due to buffer underruns... > > You're right that truly modern fast burners ought to implement > "justlink" or "burn proof". However, I don't think it's a good idea to > depend on the burner to be able to handle underruns; I'd rather run > CD/DVD burners using UDMA. > > [ FWIW, I've got a 16/10/40x Yamaha burner which just predates the first > generation of burners with underrun protection-- this affects me > directly. ] Hmn, you should be able to burn 16x in PIO4 mode... >> Not really, the problem with ATAPI dma is that if it fails it most >> likely locks up the machine, so there is no way to back pedal... > Oh. Ewww. Could chipsets which do that be added to a "quirks" table > similar to the way USB devices are being handled? Or is it not just the > chipset, but some more complex interaction between ATAPI DMA and other > devices in the system which want to do DMA which causes the lockup? Right, its a combination of chipset and device, the matrix would be impossible to maintain. -SørenReceived on Fri Jul 30 2004 - 18:27:56 UTC
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