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Direct Cache Access

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From Intel Application Note 485, "Intel Processor Identification and the CPUID Instruction", section 3.1.10: When EAX is initialized to a value of 9, the CPUID instruction returns DCA information in the EAX, EBX, ECX and EDX registers: EAX: Value of PLATFORM_DCA_CAP MSR Bits [31:0] (Offset 1F8h) EBX: Reserved ECX: Reserved EDX: Reserved I've got a list of DCA-enabled NICs.


See Also

"Direct Cache Access for High Bandwidth Network I/O"