Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ivan Godard" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel support for peer-to-peer protection models... | Date | Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:09:41 -0800 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@suse.cz> To: "Andi Kleen" <ak@suse.de> Cc: "Ivan Godard" <igodard@pacbell.net>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: Re: Kernel support for peer-to-peer protection models...
> Hi! > > > > > Overall it sounds like your architecture is not very well suited to > > > > run Linux. > > > > > > We believe we can adopt the Linux protection model (i.e. the 386 protection > > > model) with no more work than any other port to a new architectire (ahem). > > > > Just FYI - Linux has been ported to several architectures with similar SASOS > > capabilities in hardware (IA64 or ppc64 on iseries) and they have all opted to use > > an conventional protection model. > > > > It might be actually plus for Ivan: if ia64 and ppc64 benefit from > changes for mill, it makes them more acceptable.
Interesting point. Although it's not clear how long ia64 will still exist. Remember the Alpha?
Ivan
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