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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:23:52 -0500
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Subject: Re: MPC8349E's DMA controller like ISA controller but with more
	feature?
From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> wrot=
e:

> No. =A0It is for software-directed memory-to-memory transfers (where
> "memory" can be main-memory, or the buffer of a device that doesn't do
> DMA itself).

It can also be used to transfer data to/from a single I/O register,
which is how ISA DMA is frequently used.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale