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« on: January 27, 2013, 21:55:39 »
M *
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Reading the documentation [source], it appears that ATA DMA is disabled to increase compatibility. Is this information accurate?
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2013, 23:13:51 »
matguy *
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Reading the documentation [source], it appears that ATA DMA is disabled to increase compatibility. Is this information accurate?
I believe so, aside from a faster bootup, having ATA DMA wouldn't do anything for you.  Once booted, nothing should be writing to "disk" other than an occasional configuration update.  Even during boot, I wouldn't think it'd make all that much of a difference since the "OS" is so small that there's not that much to transfer.
 
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