On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:20:23 -0800 Mark Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The whole DRAM power story is a bedtime story for gullible children. Don't > > fall for it. It's not realistic. The hardware support for it DOES NOT > > EXIST today, and probably won't for several years. And the real fix is > > elsewhere anyway (ie people will have to do a FBDIMM-2 interface, which > > is against the whole point of FBDIMM in the first place, but that's what > > you get when you ignore power in the first version!). > > > > Hardware support for some of this is coming this year in the ATCA space > on the MPCBL0050. The feature is a bit experimental, and > power/performance benefits will be workload and configuration > dependent. Its not a bed time story. What is the plan for software support? Will it be possible to just power the DIMMs off? I don't see much point in some half-power non-destructive mode. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
