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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!newshub.tc.umn.edu!newsstand.tc.umn.edu!mercury.mikknet!chris From: chris@mercury.mikknet (Christopher L. Mikkelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Are bounce buffers needed for pci Date: 27 Apr 1997 23:13:32 GMT Organization: University of Minnesota Lines: 9 Message-ID: <5k0mis$cgv@epx.cis.umn.edu> References: <5jvgrl$885$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pub-16-a-2.dialup.umn.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39848 >Are bounce buffers needed for the PCI bus ? The documentation (freebsd >handbook) indicated that they are needed for ISA bus but ... No, bounce buffers are only needed because ISA is kinda brain-dead. PCI fixed the problem that bounce buffers worked around. in summary: nope :) -Chris