linux-kernel - Re: Future Linux on Bistable Storage

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Message-ID: <6934efce0806031814s6c416261pa9285aee9ae547a9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:14:12 -0700
From:	"Jared Hulbert" <jaredeh@...il.com>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	"Rick van Rein" <rick@...engemak.nl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Future Linux on Bistable Storage

> the alternate technologies that I have heard about are either _far_ less
> dense then DRAM (similar to static ram) or require erasing in blocks
> (similar to flash).

I will agree with this.

> niether one is appropriate for a large, flat addressed
> memory architecture as you list below.

I don't agree with this one.   Erase blocks don't automatically
disqualify a memory as a fit into a flat addressed arch.   You need to
play games at the memory management layer to make it work, but it's
not impossible.
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