[PATCH/RFCv4 0/6] The Contiguous Memory Allocator framework

Peter Zijlstra
2010-08-26T11:05:32Z

Even more offtopic ;-)

On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 19:21 +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> I agree highmem isn't a gorgeous. But my desktop isn't real machine?
> Important thing is that we already have a highmem and many guys
> include you(kmap stacking patch :))try to improve highmem problems. :)

I have exactly 0 machines in daily use that use highmem, I had to test
that kmap stuff in a 32bit qemu.

Sadly some hardware folks still think its a sane thing to do, like ARM
announcing 40bit PAE, I mean really?!

At least AMD announced a 64bit tiny-chip and hopefully Intel Atom will
soon be all 64bit too (please?!).