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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] raw/ioat: add local API to perform copies
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30/05/2019 23:25, Bruce Richardson:
> Add local APIs to trigger data copies, and retrieve handle values once
> those copies are completed. Included are unit tests to validate the data
> is copies correctly.

Would be nice to have a small design overview in the guide.

We may need also to answer these questions:
What are the performance gains? In which use-case?
What are the hardware requirements?