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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!noc.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD vs. Linux Date: Fri, 18 Mar 94 23:20:13 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <JMzNIXd.dysonj@delphi.com> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <MUTS.94Mar14231357@compi.hobby.nl> <2m837m$74@cronkite.cisco.com> <CMunDF.BDr@hippo.ru.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: Geoff Rehmet <csgr@cs.ru.ac.za> Geoff Rehmet <csgr@cs.ru.ac.za> writes: >John Dyson posted a few comments recently that the problem with not >having DMA bounce buffers should be fixed within the next month or >2 Yes, there is a special (crippled) bounce buffering scheme for floppys that work well now, but we hope to be coming up with a more general method soon. John dyson@implode.root.com