Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932594AbVJCSpe (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:45:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932598AbVJCSpe (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:45:34 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:21989 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932594AbVJCSpd (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:45:33 -0400 Subject: Re: what's next for the linux kernel? From: Alan Cox To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton , Vadim Lobanov , Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200510030255.j932toIK012248@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <20051002204703.GG6290@lkcl.net> <20051002230545.GI6290@lkcl.net> <20051003005400.GM6290@lkcl.net> <200510030255.j932toIK012248@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:13:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1128366786.26992.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 14 On Sul, 2005-10-02 at 22:55 -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > The HP2114 and DEC KL10/20 were able to dereference a chain of indirect bits > back in the 70's (complete with warnings that hardware wedges could occur if > an indirect reference formed a loop or pointed at itself). The KL10 has an 8 way limit. The PDP-6 didn't but then it also lacked an MMU. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/