Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

[Jeff V. Merkey]

Alan Cox wrote:

> On Llu, 2005-11-14 at 23:19 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
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> > Making the point that in 1990, folks had grown beyond 4K stacks in 
> > kernels, along with MS DOS 640K Limitations.
> >    
>
> And Linux 8086 uses 512 byte kernel stacks, and really wants a bit of
> tuning to get down to 256.
>
> Its about discipline and design not year
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Amen.

:-)

Jeff
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