Subject: Re:
To: None <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/25/2000 22:22:07
Greywolf wrote:
> Plugh!
>
> I have one of those "unsupported pci Yamaha sound boards" built in
> to my motherboard. Is the chipset *really* that different from the
> one which is supported on ISA, or does it just refuse to attach from
> the PCI bus if it gets wedged in there?
There's a fair chance its very different. PCI sound chips usually do their
own DMA, whereas ISA chips use the ISA DMA controller.
--
-- Lennart