Subject: Re: why isn't dma enabled on wdc at obio?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/22/2000 16:19:55
In <4.3.2.7.2.20001021231704.022b9368@3am-software.com>
matt@3am-software.com wrote:

> Is there something not yet working?  What needs to be fixed?

I think it is working and enabled by default.
The comment in wdc_obio.c should be updated :-)

> (since my G4 only has obio wdc's, to get decent disk performance
> I'd like to be able to use DMA, even UDMA).

I've heard some newer machines have some problems around
DMA cache coherency, though.
(i.e. there are some hardware bugs.)
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp