DMA

DMA on Dell XPS (PCILeech)
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Getting started

DMA stands for Direct Memory Access.

I am using pcileech with a captain DMA M.2 . This is an fpga device so most of the features should work.

Installing DMA device

The xps i’m using only has one m.2 slot, so I can’t boot into an os as you would normaly. I have to boot into a USB wit ubuntu and install the DMA device in the m.2 slot.

But ubuntu hangs on the loading screen, pressing esc to see the logs I can see: