Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932086AbWCENz0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:55:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932106AbWCENz0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:55:26 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:20624 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932086AbWCENz0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:55:26 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) From: Arjan van de Ven To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: "David S. Miller" , gene.heskett@verizononline.net, gene.heskett@verizon.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20060304.134144.122314124.davem@davemloft.net> <200603041705.41990.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20060304.141643.04633220.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:55:15 +0100 Message-Id: <1141566915.16916.4.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 19 On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 14:45 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> >> Does this buy the normal standard desktop user anything? > >> >Absolutely, it optimizes end-node performance. > >> Is this quantifiable?, and does it only apply to Intel? > >It applies to whoever has a DMA engine in their computer. > > > How do I find out? if you have an off-the-shelf standard PC, today you don't have one of those. - 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/