DMA memory shortage. Temporarily falling back on virtual DMA

Roeland Th. Jansen (roel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:01:48 +0000


yesterday I mounted a flop and guess what happens :

DMA memory shortage. Temporarily falling back on virtual DMA

was displayed. all went fine, nothing wrong. how exactly does such things
happen ? Just wanted to know.

Roeland

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