Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel

Posted Aug 30, 2020 18:12 UTC (Sun) by willy (subscriber, #9762)
In reply to: Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel by epa
Parent article: Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel

There's a reason we didn't go to 48 bit pointers from 32 bit. I don't think you've thought through the consequences of 10 byte pointers.

Posted Aug 30, 2020 23:26 UTC (Sun) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

> I don't think you've thought through the consequences of 10 byte pointers.

Please share your thoughts (or references) if you have.