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Update IOMMU performance impact note
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list is small.
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But hugepages have to be allocated in advance. And they're not really needed with the IOMMU enabled
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(note: performance impact of using the IOMMU has not been measured).
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(note: the IOMMU has an impact on DMA throughput and CPU usage).
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With an enabled IOMMU, the ReadoutCard library will be able to present any user-allocated buffer that was registered
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with the channel as a contiguous address space to the card, simplifying DMA buffer management.
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ALICE Low-level Front-end (ALF) DIM Server
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The utilities contain a DIM server for DCS control of the cards
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For more information, see the dedicated readme at `src/CommandLineUtilities/AliceLowlevelFrontend/README.md`
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For more information, see the dedicated readme at `src/CommandLineUtilities/AliceLowlevelFrontend/README.md`

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