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From: ack@clark.net (Eric S. Hvozda)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: DRQ for wd.c
Date: 21 Feb 1994 15:57:15 -0500
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Keywords: DRQ DMA IDE wd.c

I was under the impression that IDE disks are capable of DMA.  Is this true?

If so, why doesn't wd.c support it (NetBSd specifically, but I'm willing to
bet this is done *BSD wide)...
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Ack!
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