On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 23:45, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > >>> Using an interrupt might help there. > >> > >> I don't understand this, sorry. :-) > > > > The chip could issue an interrupt when the DMA transfer is complete so > > the CPU could do something useful while it's in progress. > > Then you suffer interrupt overhead. You should be able > to do something useful while you wait, polling when you > expect the DMA to be about done.
If it was that easy, it would already be done... Doesn't sound like you are familiar with the situation we're discussing. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
