> 5
>
> The reason for the small number is that the routine that parses the
> path name in the kernel does actually recurse on symlinks. Kernel
> stack space is very limited (~6K - stack space for interrupt handlers
> on 2.2). To avoid overflowing the kernel stack the maximum nesting
> has to be limited. AFAIK there are no plans to change it.
I was reading somewhere that X/Open or something requires _atleast_
20... I forget now, so can any one confirm or deny this?
-cw
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