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Posted on 05-Jul-2004 01:07 GMT by atmel24 comments
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I would like to know why the AmigaOne has a software-based DMA instead of having a northbridge that has hardware DMA built-in?
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AmigaOne's *software* DMA : Comment 5 of 24ANN.lu
Posted by the man in the shadows on 05-Jul-2004 03:12 GMT
Horse. Dead. Beat beat beat. Yet it still drinks water.

Hey I know... let's ask a question to a public web site when I could get the answer directly from the source if I really wanted to. In my opinion, you guys aren't asking the correct questions the way they should be asked to get the answers your looking for.

Here's what I think: They know about the problems and have found a solution to the hardware problems in software. So now they are catering to the people most interested in the hardware they purchased. Later, if there is enough demand for it, they will correct the issue with other operating systems using the same method. Think about it though, their bread and butter still sits around OS4, not Linux. I honestly don't see it happening any time soon. The A1 systems are not in any way abundant and the small handful (in comparison to windows boxes) has an even smaller Linux audience

When it comes to Linux/BSD hardware solutions, I'll stick with the dirt cheap x86 hackbox solution for almost everything but kiosks.
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