Hi everyone.

You write (and we can read on some docs) that DMA an PCI acess can cause 
long-latency. I don't understand why.

I'am not a guru and knwo perfectly how the dma work but i thought that the cpu 
ask for a dma to a device. The device is then autonomous for acessing the 
memory. I wonder why the cpu is "locked" ? What the dma brings if the cpu can't 
continue his work ?

Thanks for your help.

Paul.

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