Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:37:38 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world time???/ Message-ID: <199711121937.MAA05441@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971112094712.14151E-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> References: <19971112083040.26115@keltia.freenix.fr> <Pine.OSF.3.96.971112094712.14151E-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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> >Throw away this. You don't need bounce buffers. > > This is probably the one thing that has never made any sense to me, in > spite of the fabulous missives people have written on it. (And I have > saved a few along the way...this is my own failing.) When do I need > this? When you have an ISA machine with a DMA bus-mastering controller (the adaptec 1542B), and more than 16MB of memory. Other than some very *minor* instances of bogus hardware, that's it. If I had more memory to put into my box at home I'd need bounce buffers since it fits the bill, but it's only got 16MB of memory in it. Natehome | help
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