Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:41:38 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: PCI Bursting with PIO |
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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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