Re: [PATCH 3/3] e820: Add the unknown-12 Memory type (DDR3-NvDIMM)

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Boaz Harrosh <boaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 03/05/2015 10:56 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>> [..]
>>>> It's not "politics".  Setting standards takes time and the platforms
>>>> in question simply jumped the gun to enable a proof-of-concept.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So ye, but once you have 100,000 devices out there, then the dichotomy
>>> between standards-takes-time vs proof-of-concept, becomes politics.
>>
>> Ok.
>>
>> ...although, I have a question about this "100,000 devices" you quote.
>> What's not clear to me is how many platforms are shipping with
>> type-12.  Certainly there are very many NVDIMMs on the market, but
>> which off-the-shelf systems can one obtain that include type-12
>> support?  Not that it would change the disposition of this patch, if
>> platforms are in the field they're "in the field!", just clarifying
>> that "100,000 devices" is NVDIMMs not type-12 platforms, right?
>
> This is a type-12 platform:
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9DRH-iF-NV.cfm
>
> You can order one online, for example:
>
> http://www.acmemicro.com/Product/11926/Supermicro+X9DRH-iF-NV-O+Server+Board+DP+Xeon+E5-2600+LGA2011+DDR3+SATA3+RAID+IPMI+GbE+PCIe+ATX+MBD-X9DRH-iF-NV
>

Ok, the gig is up :)
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/