MikeyD wrote:
> DMA is short for Direct Memory Access, I think. AIUI it gives the processor
> direct access to the drive's buffer. Meaning you can write to it much
> quicker.

the other way around: it gives the PCI controller direct access to the
computer's memory (hence the name ;-) so it can put data directly from the
disk into RAM, without the CPU being involved. speeds up disk access.

<http:/www.whatis.com> is usually a good place to look up these things.

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