Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] ioat: DMA engine support

[Jeff Garzik]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > Additionally, current IOAT is memory->memory.  I would love to be able 
> > to convince Intel to add transforms and checksums, 
>
>
> Not just transforms but also masks and maybe even merges and textures
> would be rather handy 8)


Ah yes:  I totally forgot to mention XOR.

Software RAID would love that.

	Jeff


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