proc_dma(5)

💖 /proc/dma, bestie 💖

okay so this is the manual page for /proc/dma, and it lives in section 5 of the Linux man-pages — that's the File Formats Manual section, iykyk 🎀 (yes, five like the number, it's a whole thing).

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✨ NAME ✨

/proc/dma — ISA DMA channels 🦋

lowkey the whole vibe of this file in one line, fr fr

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

• /proc/dma — bestie, this is literally a list 💅 of the registered ISA DMA channels that are currently in use. That's it. That's the file.

ISA stands for Industry Standard Architecture, and DMA is short for direct memory access — just so you're not out here vibing confused 🌈.

so basically: you cat it, you see which ISA DMA channels are spoken for, you move on with your day. main character energy, no cap 👑

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• proc(5) — the mothership, the icon, the blueprint 💖 go read her if you wanna know about the rest of /proc

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okay that's the whole page, slay 🫶 this gem was brought to you by Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-02-08 — remember that date for the quiz bestie, it's giving iconic ⭐🌸💜