Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764435AbYBTS2V (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:28:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760009AbYBTS2H (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:28:07 -0500 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:58405 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760300AbYBTS2E (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:28:04 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:03 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Pavel Machek cc: Balbir Singh , John Stoffel , Andi Kleen , akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig In-Reply-To: <20080220181911.GA4760@ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20080220122338.GA4352@basil.nowhere.org> <47BC2275.4060900@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <18364.16552.455371.242369@stoffel.org> <47BC4554.10304@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080220181911.GA4760@ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 679 Lines: 17 On Feb 20 2008 18:19, Pavel Machek wrote: >> >> For ordinary desktop people, memory controller is what developers >> know as MMU or sometimes even some other mysterious piece of silicon >> inside the heavy box. > >Actually I'd guess 'memory controller' == 'DRAM controller' == part of >northbridge that talks to DRAM. Yeah that must have been it when Windows says it found a new controller after changing the mainboard underneath. -- 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/