From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id SAA81575 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:58:37 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id SAA58797 for linux-list; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:58:15 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from xtp.engr.sgi.com (xtp.engr.sgi.com [150.166.75.34]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id SAA93473 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:58:14 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (greg@xtp.engr.sgi.com) Received: by xtp.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/911001.SGI) id SAA19565; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:58:07 -0700 From: "Greg Chesson" Message-Id: <9807171858.ZM19563@xtp.engr.sgi.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:58:07 -0700 In-Reply-To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de "Re: What about..." (Jul 18, 3:37am) References: <9807171047.ZM18720@xtp.engr.sgi.com> <19980718033759.C378@uni-koblenz.de> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de, Alan Cox Subject: Re: What about... Cc: wje@fir.engr.sgi.com, adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca, anubis@BanjaLuka.NET, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I think everyone is suggesting the same general path, and I'm gratified to know that the buddy system code anticipates non-contiguous physical memory. I think you'd want to extend the design limit (XKSEG0) beyond 1 TB to handle the next rev of silicon. I'd suggest 64 TB (48 bits) as the appropriate goal. g -- Greg Chesson