Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream... | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:12:59 +0300 |
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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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