hasn't Mike Long said ? ...
> 
> 
> >Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 20:53:37 -0800
> >From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
> 
> >But, IDE still uses programmed-I/O (busy loops), tying up the
> >processor for all I/O (unless there have been enhancements for
> >EIDE/ATAPI that I don't know about).
> 
> The EIDE spec has optional DMA support.  I don't know how many
> drives & controllers, if any, support it.

the linux people use it on the triton chipset for their ide driver

t
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