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To: Alexander Seth Jones <ajones@ctron.com>
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Subject: Re: DMA and autoinitialize 
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:32:35 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of Alexander Seth Jones :
>   I looked through all the drivers and didn't see anybody even doing any
> autoinitialization, nor did I see a routine to periodically grab stuff
> from the DMA buffer (2.1.5-RELEASE)  Does such a routine exist? or will
> I have to write one? or can someone suggest another way to approach
> this?

Just take a look  in /sys/i386/isa/sound/
	ad1848.c <driver code to use auto dma read>
	dmabuf.c <does auto dma auto initialization>
	souncard.c  < for buff allocation>

Enjoy,
	Amancio