Re: [PATCH 0/8] Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT)

[Chris Leech]

> >> 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?

What we've been developing for is a device integrated into Intel's
Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2), so it's a feature of Intel server
platforms.  But the networking changes are written so that you could
drop in a driver if similar functionality existed on other
architectures.

I'll look into what performance data I can share, I have to ask the
marketing folks.

- Chris
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