From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268157AbUHVUeE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:34:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268207AbUHVUeE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:34:04 -0400 Received: from pauli.thundrix.ch ([213.239.201.101]:49059 "EHLO pauli.thundrix.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268157AbUHVUd5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:33:57 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:33:21 +0200 From: Tonnerre To: Joerg Schilling Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DTrace-like analysis possible with future Linux kernels? Message-ID: <20040822203321.GI19768@thundrix.ch> References: <2vipq-7O8-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vj2b-8md-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <2vDtS-bq-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <412770EA.nail9DO11D18Y@burner> <412889FC.nail9MX1X3XW5@burner> <20040822192646.GH19768@thundrix.ch> <4128FE94.nail9U42DA799@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Rmm1Stw9KgbdL9/H" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4128FE94.nail9U42DA799@burner> X-GPG-KeyID: 0x8BE1C38D X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1AB0 9AD6 D0C8 B9D5 C5C9 9C2A FF86 CBEE 8BE1 C38D X-GPG-KeyURL: http://users.thundrix.ch/~tonnerre/tonnerre.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Rmm1Stw9KgbdL9/H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > machine ;-) Greeeat. I can do that too on my Powerbook G5. Tonnerre --Rmm1Stw9KgbdL9/H Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBKQMQ/4bL7ovhw40RAnd+AKCj2xAdQ6Q4p0K1ABP8oJYv8QFoEQCdFhsG g2Z8xldAeYLLeC/UZLTZHHI= =1rfS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Rmm1Stw9KgbdL9/H--