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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
- Subject: Re: SCSI device local DMA
- Message-ID: <se397d8@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 07:54:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.010349.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Nov16.010349.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> jhwhit01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
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- | Here is a question on SCSI device implementation. Please note that it has
- | nothing to do with SCSI host adaptors (the card) or the SCSI bus (the cable
- | connections). If you go into a store and buy a SCSI device, will it have local
- | DMA capabilities? I.e., is it safe to assume that the device will have a 32K
- | or larger transfer buffer that is accessed via local DMA with the SCSI control
- | logic? I can imagine a SCSI device could be developed that would not use local
- | DMA, but does any company do it?
-
- Yes. There are devices, particularly at the low end, that don't
- buffer data between the device and the SCSI bus. You see this
- with many (most?) SCSI floppy disk drives, for example, which is
- one reason their performance is so abysmal.
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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