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From: Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>
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Subject: Re: i'm a bit confused about PCI DMA versus Bus-Master..
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Jaroslav Kysela wrote:

> No, SonicVibes doesn't have _real_DMA_. SonicVibes DMA emulates ISA DMA
> controller (who knows why?).

Dos compatibility perhaps?

Note, the SV DMA is not really that different from what the AudioPCI
does,
except that its address and count registers are too small.
Small HW difference, catastrophic effects on software 8-)

Tom

