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## HELP!!! Where is DMA channel allocated??

  Forum: Device Drivers
  Keywords: DMA
  Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:06:37 GMT
  From: Nitin Malik <bg21435@binghamton.edu>

Can any one tell me how is the DMA channel allocated. I know that it is done in the xxx_open() routine. I also know that the "request_dma()" routine allocates it. But i don't find a call to this routine in most of the drivers. Is there something i'm missing? Please enlighten me on this subject