Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751741AbWCDSq0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:46:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751887AbWCDSq0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:46:26 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:15076 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751582AbWCDSqZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:46:25 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:46:22 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Chris Leech cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) In-Reply-To: <20060303214036.11908.10499.stgit@gitlost.site> Message-ID: References: <20060303214036.11908.10499.stgit@gitlost.site> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 17 >This patch series is the first full release of the Intel(R) I/O >Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) for Linux. It includes an in kernel API >for offloading memory copies to hardware, a driver for the I/OAT DMA memcpy >engine, and changes to the TCP stack to offload copies of received >networking data to application space. > Does this buy the normal standard desktop user anything? Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/