linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.1-rc9

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:40:32 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Simon Kirby <sim@...tway.ca>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-rc9

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:40:01 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 11:03 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > That's not a micro optimization, it's a massive performance hit if you
> > force those 32bit archs to do 64/32 all over the place.
> > 
> Linus could just say he doesn't care about 32bit and everybody sane
> should just get a 64bit machine.. but I suspect that's a few more years.
> 
> Although I hope not too long, even my phone could do with more than 2G
> of memory.

Perhaps it wouldnt; if people didn't keep adding junk to the system ;)

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