linux-kernel - Re: PCI Bursting with PIO

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Message-ID: <47B5DCE2.6020802@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:41:38 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dan Gora <dan.gora@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PCI Bursting with PIO

Dan Gora wrote:
>>
>>  Put a DMA controller on it ;)
> 
> Ugh.. sadly that's what's coming.  I really don't get why the
> northbridge cannot burst however.

Because the early Intel northbridges didn't, so noone else bothered 
either, since everyone designed their hardware to not require that 
capability.

	-hpa
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