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Re: [Ksummit-2005-discuss] Summary of 2005 Kernel Summit Proposed Topics

from [H. Peter Anvin] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2005-discuss] Summary of 2005 Kernel Summit Proposed Topics
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:30:52 -0800
Cc: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus@xxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, andrea@xxxxxxx, michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx, open-iscsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ksummit-2005-discuss@xxxxxxxxx, netdev <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Matt Mackall wrote:

I think we first need a software solution that makes no special
assumptions about hardware capabilities.

Absolutely; having hardware assist will typically reduce, not increase, the memory requirements, so the "dumb hardware" solution is likely to be the most generic.

        -hpa

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