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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:02:01 -0800
From:      "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To:        koshy@blr.novell.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IDE drives using DMA? 
Message-ID:  <199511160802.AAA01067@rah.star-gate.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:02:00 %2B0700." <30aacced0.2096@novidc.blr.novell.com> 

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Oh, boy here we go again... 
Koshy, there has been a few nice threads on this subject which can
be researched thru :
http://www.freebsd.org/search.html

	Have fun,
	Amancio

>>> koshy@blr.novell.com said:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > I chanced upon a book about ATA drives and noted there that IDE can
 > optionally support DMA transfers in addition to the regular programmed
 > IO.
 > 
 > Does anyone have any experience with this?  Are such configurations
 > common?  Any catches or caveats that hinder DMA use with IDE drives?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Koshy
 > 




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