Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2005-discuss] Summary of 2005 Kernel Summit Proposed Topics

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:30:52 -0800

Matt Mackall wrote:
> 
> I think we first need a software solution that makes no special
> assumptions about hardware capabilities.
>  

Absolutely; having hardware assist will typically reduce, not increase, 
the memory requirements, so the "dumb hardware" solution is likely to be 
the most generic.

	-hpa