Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 11:38:11 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com.au> Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: EISA cards. Message-ID: <199707161738.LAA09161@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jul 1997 19:08:00 %2B0800." <199707161108.TAA15825@spinner.dialix.com.au>
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Peter, > I believe, that we don't support the DMA chaining interrupt in any way, > shape or form at present. I would not think it would be a big loss. I > think you are correct, it's only used for motherboard driven DMA. > Busmastering DMA (any EISA card worth using would do this anyway) is > unrelated to that. I vote for declaring it stillborn, especially as EISA > is apparently not on the "cool hardware of the day" list. this appears to be the consensus, its dead! (but as I mentioned earlier, if we ever go to exclusive use of the APIC timers, it could rise from the grave!) -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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