Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:50:22 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Query: DMA Engine support in make oldconfig |
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On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:18:23 +1000 Grant Coady wrote:
> Hi there, > > make oldconfig from 2.6.17.11 to 2.6.18-rc5: This help text doesn't say > what the right choice should be? Unclear to me anyway, so I take the > default, is that bad for an x86 32-bit box? > " > * DMA Engine support > * > Support for DMA engines (DMA_ENGINE) [N/y/?] (NEW) ? > > DMA engines offload copy operations from the CPU to dedicated > hardware, allowing the copies to happen asynchronously. > "
I would guess that you don't have any hardware that is supported, so enabling it will just use a little memory (or at least that's all it should do -- not hurt anything else).
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