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Date:      Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:10:19 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Current)
Subject:   Re: PCI DMA interface documentation 
Message-ID:  <199809260110.SAA02665@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Sep 1998 02:27:21 %2B0200." <199809260027.CAA00298@yacht.domestic.de> 

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> I'm trying to write a device driver that utilizes DMA transfers
> to/from a PCI card. Does any documentation exist (apart from
> /sys/pci/*.c) that tells me in what order I have to call which
> functions in order to get things set up properly? I looked a lot
> but somehow I must have missed it :-)

DMA to/from PCI cards is handled by the card itself, so you will have 
to look at the documentation for the card.  There are other lessons to 
learn as well, but that's where to start.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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