Re: Problems with the NI PCI-6110

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On Tuesday 28 December 2004 10:13 am, Doug Farley wrote:
> Frank,
>
> Thanks for the response, however I still get errors like :
>
> kernel: A status: fifo_empty
> kernel: ni_mio_common: DMA overwrite of free area:
> kernel: ni_mio_common: ai error a_status=a4f2
> kernel: ni_mio_common: wait for dma drain timed out
>
> With the returned data being 0 or random large values (which I assume
> are data from random memory locations where I have stepped out of the
> array), even with setting my --read-buffer flag to values ranging from 1
> to 64MB.  I have 2gb of physical memory, so i doubt I am running out of
> it, and I'm only trying to capture 1.  Any further suggestions?
>

Your program still has to read() the data from comedi's kernel buffer 
faster (on average) than the card is dma'ing it into the buffer.

- -- 
Frank

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