[Steve Ambrose]

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Hi,

Questions for IDE gurus:

1. What is the behavior of IDE drives when they encounter a CRC error?
In particular , on dma writes is the write data discarded. The specification does
not make any mention of this.

2. Are there any conditions apart from wrong crc value when the ICRC error bit of the
error register can get set ? The problem I am seeing is that even though interface
timing is ok and crc value is correct, crc error is being reported.

3. Can a CRC error be generated if the task file registers are read/modified while
dma is in progress ?

Appreciate your responses.

Thanks,
Steve



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