Re: 2.1.110 and newer, SB AWE64

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 14:43:10 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Ion Badulescu wrote:

>Yet 2.0 has absolutely no problems with the same hardware, it's rock-solid.

Because the 2.0 code doesn' t use the DMA chipset as 2.1 does. The only
chipset that locks in such usage (disable_dma()enable_dma() inside irq
handler after the DMA transaction) is the VIA xxx one so I think that is
VIA xxx buggy and not all other chipset that are buggy because they works
fine. I never read specs though.

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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