From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg0-f72.google.com (mail-pg0-f72.google.com [74.125.83.72]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D1C76B0003 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:47:22 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-pg0-f72.google.com with SMTP id a2so6052065pgn.7 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:47:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from bedivere.hansenpartnership.com (bedivere.hansenpartnership.com. [66.63.167.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t7si676100pfh.290.2018.02.11.15.47.21 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:47:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1518392837.3979.14.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31 v2] PTI support for x86_32 From: James Bottomley Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:47:17 -0800 In-Reply-To: References: <1518168340-9392-1-git-send-email-joro@8bytes.org> <20180209191112.55zyjf4njum75brd@suse.de> <20180210091543.ynypx4y3koz44g7y@angband.pl> <20180211105909.53bv5q363u7jgrsc@angband.pl> <6FB16384-7597-474E-91A1-1AF09201CEAC@gmail.com> <0C6EFF56-F135-480C-867C-B117F114A99F@amacapital.net> <1518387160.3979.10.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Mark D Rustad , Adam Borowski , Linus Torvalds , Joerg Roedel , Andy Lutomirski , Joerg Roedel , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H . Peter Anvin" , X86 ML , LKML , Linux-MM , Dave Hansen , Josh Poimboeuf , Juergen Gross , Peter Zijlstra , Borislav Petkov , Jiri Kosina , Boris Ostrovsky , Brian Gerst , David Laight , Denys Vlasenko , Eduardo Valentin , Greg KH , Will Deacon , "Liguori, Anthony" , Daniel Gruss , Hugh Dickins , Kees Cook , Andrea Arcangeli , Waiman Long , Pavel Machek On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 14:30 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:12 PM, James Bottomley > nPartnership.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 11:42 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Mark D Rustad > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:59 AM, Adam Borowski > > > > pl> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if > > > > > > you > > > > > > have a > > > > > > 32-bit install? > > > > > > > > > > Quite easy, yeah.A A Crossgrading userspace is not for the > > > > > faint of the heart, but changing just the kernel is fine. > > > > > > > > ISTR that iscsi doesn't work when running a 64-bit kernel with > > > > a 32-bit userspace. I remember someone offered kernel patches > > > > to fix it, but I think they were rejected. I haven't messed > > > > with that stuff in many years, so perhaps the userspace side > > > > now has accommodation for it. It might be something to check > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > > At the risk of suggesting heresy, should we consider removing > > > x86_32 support at some point? > > > > Hey, my cloud server is 32 bit: > > > > bedivere:~# cat /proc/cpuinfoA > > processorA A A A : 0 > > vendor_idA A A A : GenuineIntel > > cpu familyA A A A : 15 > > modelA A A A A A A A : 2 > > model nameA A A A : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz > > steppingA A A A : 9 > > microcodeA A A A : 0x2e > > cpu MHzA A A A A A A A : 2813.464 > > [...] > > > > I suspect a lot of people are in the same position: grandfathered > > in on an old hosting plan, but not really willing to switch to a > > new 64 bit box because the monthly cost about doubles and nothing > > it does is currently anywhere up to (let alone over) the capacity > > of the single 686 processor. > > > > The thing which is making me consider it is actually getting a TPM > > to protect the private keys, but doubling the monthly cost is still > > a huge disincentive. > > Where are they hosting this?A A Last I checked, replacing a P4 and > motherboard with something new paid for itself in about a year in > power savings. It's a rented server not a co-lo cage. A I don't doubt it's costing the hosting provider, but they're keeping my rates low. James -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org