| To: | tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: VINO |
| From: | kyriazis@jibe.engr.sgi.com (George Kyriazis) |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:59:06 -0700 (PDT) |
| Cc: | linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com |
| In-reply-to: | <19980924011207.09418@alpha.franken.de> from Thomas Bogendoerfer at "Sep 24, 98 01:12:07 am" |
| Sender: | owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com |
> Is it possible to do VINO DMA directly to the newport ?
>
As far as I know, you have to do it through memory.
To elaborate: I believe you can program the DMA controller to copy
from VINO to the REX3 (read: from a fixed address to a fixed address),
but I doubt the data formats are compatible. Ie, you'll be dumping
garbage to the REX3 registers.
--george
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