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>break free of the infamous "640K ought to be enough for anybody." mindset. Note that the PC platform has never truly broken free. Even today on x86-64 with U
by snvzz 3y ago
>break free of the infamous "640K ought to be enough for anybody." mindset.
Note that the PC platform has never truly broken free.
Even today on x86-64 with UEFI, Linux and most popular OSs do not just avoid the high area (640KB to 1M), but actually skip the whole first megabyte, leaving it unused.
Fortunately, the PC platform finally is on its last legs, as seen with the desperate attempts such as Intel APX to save it.
Instead, it is getting replaced with RISC-V. This cannot be avoided, as RISC-V is inevitable.