In message <20020606083939.57394.qmail at web15004.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> you
wrote:
>
> We want to add a ide interface to our system.We find
> there are two ways , direct on pcmcia port and using
> pccard.And we want to need a interface which can use
There are THREE ways. You can also use an external IDE interface,
independend of the 8xx PCMCIA controller.
Steven Scholz <steven.scholz at imc-berlin.de> has posted the hardware
design to this list some time ago.
> Who can tell me which one is better?
This depends on your requirements.
Using a PCCard adapter is nice if you want to be able to add and
remove the drive; using a direct interface requires no PCMCIA slot
and no PCCard adapter, so it's much cheaper for mass production.
Wolfgang Denk
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