▲ 176 ▼ RISC-V chips will support replacing RAM sticks without powering off the system — hot plugging functionality arriving in newer flavors of Linux (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) Then it's not Hot Swap, just Lukewarm Swap? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago I guess, you could see it that way...? The important part is that you don't have to turn off the whole system. It can continue running without interruption. So, the RAM will be lukewarm when you swap it, but the system will still be hot. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lem453@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago If you really want to be pedantic you could setup raid 1+0 or 5 and live the true RAM hot swapping life permalink fedilink source parent [–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago So "warm plugging" is a thing - it means a piece of hardware is detachable while the machine is asleep. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago I guess, you could see it that way...? The important part is that you don't have to turn off the whole system. It can continue running without interruption. So, the RAM will be lukewarm when you swap it, but the system will still be hot. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lem453@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago If you really want to be pedantic you could setup raid 1+0 or 5 and live the true RAM hot swapping life permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago So "warm plugging" is a thing - it means a piece of hardware is detachable while the machine is asleep. permalink fedilink source parent