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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802201927440.26109@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:03 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller
 in Kconfig


On Feb 20 2008 18:19, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> 
>> For ordinary desktop people, memory controller is what developers
>> know as MMU or sometimes even some other mysterious piece of silicon
>> inside the heavy box.
>
>Actually I'd guess 'memory controller' == 'DRAM controller' == part of
>northbridge that talks to DRAM.

Yeah that must have been it when Windows says it found a new controller
after changing the mainboard underneath.
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