Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:04:14 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Wilkinson, Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> Subject: Re: I/OAT ... Coming Soon ? Message-ID: <473CDE7E.80008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0711141712x533bcdbex92df05280311be8e@mail.gmail.com> References: <1B860D81B4F3F44398B9AE84D91C151671D11B@stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au> <2a41acea0711141712x533bcdbex92df05280311be8e@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: > On Nov 14, 2007 5:01 PM, Wilkinson, Alex > <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Curious, is I/OAT [http://www.intel.com/go/ioat/] coming to FreeBSD soon >> ? > > LOL, I did a driver for the first version of I/OAT more than a year > ago, submitted it and interest was half hearted. IMHO the biggest drawback (design failure) is the polling requirement for the work queue. Ideally it would be structured like a NIC with its DMA engine and rings. > The driver needs updating and polishing yet, but interest being what it was > it hasn't been a real high priority. -- Andre
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