Date: Sun, 7 May 95 17:20:07 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, mtaylor@gateway.cybernet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: lance Ethernet and > 16 Mb RAM failure Message-ID: <9505072320.AA29752@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199505072008.NAA10606@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at May 7, 95 01:08:13 pm
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> so, mtaylor: > it looks like you have something you can do for us.. :) > > get the DMA controlling code from the floppy driver > and merge it in with the lnc driver, (or similar) > I don't have that board and couldn't test it.... > other possible options might be to pre-allocate it's own buffer space > during boot if it has > 16MB and use that instead.. > or look at the bounce buffer support in the aha driver > and copy that? Which one should be used depends on whether it is motherboard DMA or bus master DMA. The motherboard controller is typically "different". Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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