Method and system for initiating and loading DMA controller registers by using user-level programs
摘要
In a computer system the typically high overhead requirement for CPU instructions to operate a conventional direct memory access (DMA) controller are reduced to two user-level memory references via User-level Direct Memory Access (UDMA). The UDMA apparatus is located between the CPU and a DMA Controller, whereby the UDMA is programmed to use existing virtual memory translation hardware of the associated computer system to perform permission checking and address translation without Kernel involvement, and otherwise use minimal Kernel involvement for other operations.
申请公布号
US5659798(A)
申请公布日期
1997.08.19
申请号
US19960595792
申请日期
1996.02.02
申请人
BLUMRICH, MATTHIAS AUGUSTIN;DUBNICKI, CEZARY;FELTEN, EDWARD WILLIAM;LI, KAI
发明人
BLUMRICH, MATTHIAS AUGUSTIN;DUBNICKI, CEZARY;FELTEN, EDWARD WILLIAM;LI, KAI