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SubjectRe: [RFC] VM: I have a dream...
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Bryan Henderson wrote:
> >[explanation of memory/disk split]
> >...
> >So we have a situation right now that imposes a legacy solution on
> >hardware that is really screaming (64+) to be taken advantage of.
>
> Put that way, you seem to be describing exactly single level storage as
> seen in an IBM Eserver I Series (fka AS/400, nee System/38).

To some extent.

> So we know it works, but also that people don't seem to care much for it

People didn't care, because the AS/400 was based on a proprietary solution.
I remember a client being forced to dump an AS/400 due to astronomical
maintenance costs.

With todays generically mass-produced 64bit archs, what's not to care about a
cost-effective system that provides direct mapped access into linear address
space?

Thanks!

--
Al

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