Re: DTrace-like analysis possible with future Linux kernels?

[Tonnerre <tonnerre@thundrix.ch>]

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Salut,

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 10:14:12PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> -	What is a "large computer"?

I'd refer to a computer as a large computer when its calculation power
is several times  larger than the one home computers  of the same time
have (or if  it's a really large machine, such  as the Honeywell DDPs,
but that's another dimension of "large").

> -	What is an "extremely narrow market segment"?

A market  segment not  reaching waste portions  of all customers  in a
market. Think of catfood.

> 	What is the evidence of this statement compared to Linux?

Linux is  actually widely employed  in the home computer  *and* server
market,  plus embedded  devices.  I  mean, did  you  ever see  someone
running Solaris on their video decoder?

> -	What are the minimum requirements for a machine to run Linux?

Intel 8086  processor with  a few ko  of RAM,  with a floppy  drive, a
monitor and a floppy, I think. If you take only the normal kernel into
account that will be an 80386 processor.

> -	What are the minimum requirements for a machine to run Solaris?

At least more RAM and a more capable processor.

> And hey, Brian is even able to make a 4 hour demo within a single hour on this 
> machine ;-)

Greeeat. I can do that too on my Powerbook G5.

				Tonnerre

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