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Date:      Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:02:06 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey)
Cc:        alk@think.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bounce buffers
Message-ID:  <199604260132.LAA27377@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SCO.3.91.960425132948.1710A-100000@buffnet3.buffnet.net> from "steve hovey" at Apr 25, 96 01:30:18 pm

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steve hovey stands accused of saying:
> 
> 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.

No!

> Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net

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