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Dma channel controllers – HP Vectra VL400 User Manual

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4 BIOS Overview

BIOS Addresses

DMA Channel Controllers

Only “I/O-to-memory” and “memory-to-I/O” transfers are allowed.
“I/O-to-I/O” and “memory-to-memory” transfers are disallowed by the
hardware configuration.

The system controller supports seven DMA channels, each with a page
register used to extend the addressing range of the channel to 16 MB. The following table
summarizes how the DMA channels are allocated.

DMA controller

Channel

Function

0

Free

1

Free if not used for parallel port in

Setup

2

Floppy disk controller

3

Free if not used for parallel port in

Setup

4

Used to cascade DMA channels 0-3

5

Free

6

Free

7

Free