Syntax and grammar fixes.
PR: docs/34913 Submitted by: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
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which indicates that the counter has reached zero and no more data
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will be transferred until the DMA controller is reprogrammed by the
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CPU. This event is also called the Terminal Count (TC). There is only
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one EOP signal, and since only DMA channel can be active at any
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one EOP signal, and since only one DMA channel can be active at any
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instant, the DMA channel that is currently active must be the DMA
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channel that just completed its task.</para>
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<para>It is important to understand that although the CPU always
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releases the bus to the DMA when the DMA makes the request, this
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action is invisible to both applications and the operating systems,
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action is invisible to both applications and the operating system,
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except for slight changes in the amount of time the processor takes to
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execute instructions when the DMA is active. Subsequently, the
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processor must poll the peripheral, poll the registers in the DMA
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<note>
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<para>A new implementation of the 8237, called the 82374, allows 16
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bits of page register to be specified, allows access to the entire
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bits of page register to be specified and enables access to the entire
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32 bit address space, without the use of bounce buffers.</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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the peripheral requests transfers, they will be granted. It is
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up to the CPU to move new data into the fixed buffer ahead of
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where the DMA is about to transfer it when doing output
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operations, and read new data out of the buffer behind where the
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operations, and to read new data out of the buffer behind where the
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DMA is writing when doing input operations.</para>
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<para>This technique is frequently used on audio devices that have
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