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SubjectRE: Can Linux live without DMA zone?
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On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 18:33 +0800, Conke Hu wrote:
> Most PCs do not have ISA or floppy, so maybe we could add an option to enable DMA zone or not.
>

please don't top-post.


also floppy is still there a lot unfortunately ... as are some of the
more crappy soundcards. ZONE_DMA is a 32 bit linux thing; most modern
systems are 64 bit capable now....

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