From:	Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DMA under djgpp
Date:	13 Feb 1998 15:00:13 GMT
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B Hodge (bhodge AT gpu DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca) wrote:
: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net> wrote:
: > Normally you allocate the DMA buffer in conventional memory. That way you
: > know its physical location, and that it's contiguous. Allocate 128K, then
: > find a 64K boundary within that.

: I always hear and see about that approach and get an ill feeling in my
: gut.  Wasting 64K like that seemse sorta pointless.  I see how it would
: probably require it if the buffer needed to be 64K, as it is next to
: impossible to get a perfectly aligned page 64K.

[ Klippa, klapp, kluppit excellent method to allocate DMA buffer. ]

It's impossible to selectively free parts if the 128K, I suppose?


Scratch-scratch-scratch,

							MartinS

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