From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 12 06:53:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 620C4C8; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:53:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru [IPv6:2a01:4f8:131:60a2::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19447B5A; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lion.home.serebryakov.spb.ru (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:923f:1:8571:2d32:217f:d124]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 6C8854AC57; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:53:28 +0400 (MSK) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:53:26 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov Organization: FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <913397478.20130312105326@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: Jim Harris Subject: Re: Unmapped buffers: to be merged in several days In-Reply-To: References: <20130311091852.GR3794@kib.kiev.ua> <86k3pe1cl3.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20130311182454.GX3794@kib.kiev.ua> <329178079.20130312010425@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20130311211158.GE3794@kib.kiev.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Konstantin Belousov , arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:53:32 -0000 Hello, Jim. You wrote 12 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=80=D1=82=D0=B0 2013 =D0=B3., 2:22:47: JH> Please note that XOR checksumming support only exists in the JH> E5-1600/2400/2600/4600 series (Sandy Bridge Xeon) and C5500/C3500 series JH> (Jasper Forest - based on Nehalem Xeon) processors. The SNB Xeon series And what about ICHxR/ICHxDO (where x =3D 7, 8, 9, 10) chipsets? They s= upport software RAID5 in Windows drivers, is it support pure-software? I understand, that it is not true-hardware RAID, but does they have XOR engine for unmapped buffers? --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov