Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:48:53 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> There are so many issues with 64-bit DAC support, that many of > the people whining in this thread have not even considered, and
Such as ? - I can see the obvious ones
- Its slower - Not all host bridges can hit all of RAM - You want to use SAC and IOMMU when possible
> resources". How do you say "SAC is preferred for performance" with > ia64's API? You can't.
I doubt they worried about it, SAC isnt terribly useful on IA64 right now.
> This, almost with several other issues, need to be considered and > handled by whatever API you come up with. If it does not address > all of these issues somehow, it is unacceptable.
Nod
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