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Date:      Thu, 25 Apr 1996 13:30:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      steve hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Tony Kimball <alk@think.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bounce buffers
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.91.960425132948.1710A-100000@buffnet3.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199604250653.BAA01917@compound.Think.COM>

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On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Tony Kimball wrote:

> 
> Under what circumstances are bounce buffers indicated?
> Are they not indicated in all systems using >16MB DRAM?
> My impression was that all such systems would require
> bounce buffers in order to support DMA generally, while
> no other systems would require bounce buffers.
> 

I thought they were needed if you have swap on a scsi.

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Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net
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