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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
+> <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<article lang="&language;">
+<title
+><acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> Channel Information</title>
+<articleinfo>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author
+>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
+<author
+>&Helge.Deller;</author>
+<author
+>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
+<author
+>&Mike.McBride;</author>
+<othercredit role="translator"
+><firstname
+>Malcolm</firstname
+><surname
+>Hunter</surname
+><affiliation
+><address
+><email
+>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
+></address
+></affiliation
+><contrib
+>Conversion to British English</contrib
+></othercredit
+>
+</authorgroup>
+
+<date
+>2002-02-12</date>
+<releaseinfo
+>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword
+>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword
+>KControl</keyword>
+<keyword
+>DMA</keyword>
+<keyword
+>system information</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+</articleinfo>
+
+<sect1>
+<title
+><acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> Channel Information</title>
+
+<para
+>This page displays information about the <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> (Direct Memory Access) Channels. A <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> channel is a direct connection that allows devices to transfer data to and from memory without going through the processor. Typically, i386-architecture systems (<acronym
+>PC</acronym
+>'s) have eight <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> channels (0-7). </para>
+
+<note
+> <para
+>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems, <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> Channel information cannot be displayed yet. </para
+> </note>
+
+<para
+>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename class="devicefile"
+>/proc/dma</filename
+>, which is only available if the <filename class="directory"
+>/proc</filename
+> pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the kernel. </para>
+
+<para
+>A list of all currently-registered (<acronym
+>ISA</acronym
+> bus) <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> channels that are in use is shown. The first column shows the <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> channel, and the second column shows the device which uses that channel. </para>
+
+<para
+>Unused <acronym
+>DMA</acronym
+> channels are not listed. </para>
+
+<para
+>The user cannot modify any settings on this page. </para>
+
+</sect1>
+</article>