Intel® PXA26x Processor Family Developer’s Manual 5-1
Direct Memory Access Controller 5
This chapter describes the on-chip direct memory access (DMA) con troll er (DMAC) for t he Int el®
PXA26x Processor Family. The DMAC t ransfers data to and from main memory in response to
requests generated by internal and external peripherals . The peripherals do not directly supply
addresses and commands to the memory sys t em. The DMAC has 16 DMA channels, 0 t hrough 15,
and every DMA request from the peripheral generates at least one memory bus cycle.

5.1 Direct Memory Access Description

The DMAC only supports flow-through transfers.
Flow-through data passes through the DMAC befor e the data is latched by the destination in its
buffers/memory. This DMA Contr oll er can p erf orm m emory -t o- memor y move s wi th flow -t hr oug h
transfers.
Figure 5-1 provides an overview of the DMAC. Table 5- 1 provides a list of the DMAC signals and
descriptions.