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Re: bus_dma without bouncing
> [1] [...]. But there are plenty of devices that require aligned
> addresses for DMA, such as Intel wireless cards which require 8-
> or 12-bit alignment. [...]
What does 12-bit alignment even _mean_ on an 8-bit-addressing-unit
machine (which IIRC includes everything NetBSD runs on)? Does it
differ from 3-byte alignment in any practical sense? Do the interfaces
even support alignment to other than a power of two?
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