Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964842AbWAZTSy (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964840AbWAZTSy (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:54 -0500 Received: from e4.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.144]:51840 "EHLO e4.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964842AbWAZTSw (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200601260104.57984.a1426z@gawab.com> To: Al Boldi Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFC] VM: I have a dream... X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: Bryan Henderson Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:18:50 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D01ML604/01/M/IBM(Release 7.0HF124 | January 12, 2006) at 01/26/2006 14:18:50, Serialize complete at 01/26/2006 14:18:50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 880 Lines: 23 >[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). So we know it works, but also that people don't seem to care much for it (because in 35 years, it hasn't taken over the world - we got to today's machines with 64 bit address spaces for other reasons). -- Bryan Henderson IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA Filesystems - 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/