Re: 4GB RAM WHY????

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:53:01 +0200


On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 09:32:50PM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote:

> If the market wants to see it in the official kernel, it should send us a
> patch that does it cleanly. If the market has any sense, it'll quickly
> realize that it can't be done cleanly, at which point the market will
> decide to invest in a nice 64-bit machine.

The market was so stupid to chose a segmented architecture. The market
was so stupid to choose XMS. The market was so stupid to choose EMS.
History might be about to repeat. I hope not ...

I for my part do the 64-bit thing. 32-bit just don't cut it anymore.

Ralf

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