From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:03 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802201927440.26109@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080220181911.GA4760@ucw.cz>
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-20 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-20 12:23 Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 12:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:00 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 15:20 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:49 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 16:10 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:15 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 17:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 6:49 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-21 6:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 18:19 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:28 ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2008-02-20 18:51 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-21 14:46 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-21 14:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 23:55 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-22 3:09 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-20 16:15 ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:54 ` Ray Lee
2008-02-20 16:57 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 4:35 ` Nick Piggin
2008-02-21 5:06 ` Balbir Singh
[not found] ` <200802211622.51751.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
2008-02-21 5:46 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:44 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 4:41 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 9:51 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 12:14 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 13:00 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 15:47 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:37 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 11:03 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 6:59 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-22 7:06 ` Balbir Singh
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