> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > So it seems to me the issue would be solved by allocating the dma buffer
> > at module load then loading the modules at boot.
>
> The issue would be solved completely by reserving some small portion of
> ram (as a percentage of total ram) under 16mb as 'dma ram'. Of course
> configurable as a kernel boot variable.
>
... and then some people (like me) would try to reserve the entire low 16
megs for DMA ... yes this situation NEEDS to be fixed!
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