[Haskell-cafe] Linux device drivers

[Keean Schupke]

Have a look at the linux kernel IDE drivers, look for

Generic IDE Chipset support
Generic PCI bus-master DMA support

    Keean.

Lennart Augustsson wrote:

> What is this standard BusMaster interface you talk about?
> I must have missed something.  I've yet to see two PCI chips
> that do DMA the same way.
>
>     -- Lennart
>
> Keean Schupke wrote:
>
>> I thought the BusMaster interface was pretty uniform, unlike the 
>> earlier DMA interfaces which varied from chipset to chipset.
>>
>>    Keean.
>>
>> Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>>
>>> But there are plenty of minor variations on how to program
>>> and initiate DMA for different devices.
>>>