DMA

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Wed, 24 May 2006 08:35:30 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:

>> Probably not. There must be a reason why DMA can be enabled/disabled.  And
>> if there's a reason too have that option, there's a reason to put it in a
>> GUI.
> 
> This is terribly false rationale. There must be *value* to have the choice
> at all, and beyond that there must be *value* to expose that choice to our
> users. In this case, the value of the choice is pure mechanics (whether or
> not the hardware and driver combination supports a particular feature), so
> the value to the user is almost nil.

Being able to play DVD's, as posted in this thread, seams quite valuable
to me.

If having an option has no value, there's no reason to have the option. If
there's a reason to have the option, there's a reason to put it in a GUI.

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