Re: RFC: i386: kill !4KSTACKS

[Vladimir V. Saveliev]

Hello

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 4Kb kernel stacks are the future on i386, and it seems the problems it
> initially caused are now sorted out.
> 
> Does anyone knows about any currently unsolved problems?
> 
> I'd like to:
> - get a patch into on of the next -mm kernels that unconditionally 
>   enables 4KSTACKS
> - if there won't be new reports of breakages, send a patch to
>   completely remove !4KSTACKS for 2.6.15
> 
> In -mm, Reiser4 still has a dependency on !4KSTACKS.
> I've mentioned this at least twice to the Reiser4 people, and they 
> should check why this dependency is still there and if there are still 
> stack issues in Reiser4 fix them.
> 

We are about to send reiser4 update which makes it to not depend on !4kstack.

> If not people using Reiser4 on i386 will have to decide whether to 
> switch the filesystem or the architecture...
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 

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