News RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux

[Admin]

RISC-V gets Hot Plugging support through version 6.11 of the Linux kernel.

RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux : Read more

 

[bit_user]

@TheyCallMeContra , a protip is to follow the link to the Merge Request and see who's the submitter. That can sometimes be a bit telling. In this case, it's from someone at a company called Rivos Inc.

Rivos Inc.

www.rivosinc.com

I hadn't previously heard of this company, but I'm also not really plugged into the RISC-V world.

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

@TheyCallMeContra , a protip is to follow the link to the Merge Request and see who's the submitter. That can sometimes be a bit telling. In this case, it's from someone at a company called Rivos Inc.

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Rivos Inc.

www.rivosinc.com

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I hadn't previously heard of this company, but I'm also not really plugged into the RISC-V world.

nifty and noted

 

[MobileJAD]

I was soooo close to just skimming the article and just going straight to posting a comment that Xeon systems have supported this for some time now, but then I actually slowed down and read the article and was relieved that it was all explained. XD

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

I was soooo close to just skimming the article and just going straight to posting a comment that Xeon systems have supported this for some time now, but then I actually slowed down and read the article and was relieved that it was all explained. XD

Thanks for not giving me a comment to pull my hair out about.