-----Original Message-----
From: Errol Neal [mailto:eneal@businessgrade.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:48 PM
To: Jiang, Dave
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RE: RAID5/6 Offload via IOATDMA

On Thu, 07/28/2011 08:10 PM, "Jiang, Dave" [off-list ref] wrote:

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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-raid-
owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Errol Neal
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:02 PM
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RAID5/6 Offload via IOATDMA

Hi. I'm trying to get additional information about this feature. I
know that there were some patches added since 2.6.32 for more recent
xeon processors. I'm having a hard time getting specifics on the
hardware required around this.
Am I at the right list to inquire about this feature?

I think this is what you are looking for:
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/embedded/hwsw/hardware/xeon-c5500-

c3500-3

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Thanks so much! So any motherboard with a 3420 chipset should have this
technology or is it embedded in the processor?

You need the right processor. But of course the processor matches up with the appropriate chipset as well.