Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:02:01 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: koshy@blr.novell.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE drives using DMA? Message-ID: <199511160802.AAA01067@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:02:00 %2B0700." <30aacced0.2096@novidc.blr.novell.com>
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Oh, boy here we go again... Koshy, there has been a few nice threads on this subject which can be researched thru : http://www.freebsd.org/search.html Have fun, Amancio >>> koshy@blr.novell.com said: > Hi, > > I chanced upon a book about ATA drives and noted there that IDE can > optionally support DMA transfers in addition to the regular programmed > IO. > > Does anyone have any experience with this? Are such configurations > common? Any catches or caveats that hinder DMA use with IDE drives? > > Thanks, > Koshy >
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