Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750987AbVIDTjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:39:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750992AbVIDTjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:39:31 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:28688 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750979AbVIDTjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:39:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 21:39:29 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Lee Revell Cc: Stefan Smietanowski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-dev@namesys.com Subject: Re: RFC: i386: kill !4KSTACKS Message-ID: <20050904193929.GB3741@stusta.de> References: <20050902003915.GI3657@stusta.de> <1125805704.14032.71.camel@mindpipe> <431AA3E2.8020909@stesmi.com> <1125822185.14032.75.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125822185.14032.75.camel@mindpipe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1549 Lines: 46 On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 04:23:04AM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 09:36 +0200, Stefan Smietanowski wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 02:39 +0200, 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? > > > > > > > > > ndiswrapper > > > > While I agree ndiswrapper has a use ... I don't think we should > > base kernel development upon messing with something that is designed > > to run a windows driver in linux ... > > Good point, but I don't think we should needlessly render people's > hardware inoperable either. The NdisWrapper FAQ already tells you that you need a patch for some of the binary-only Windows drivers that require more than 8kB stacks. And the fact that NdisWrapper is mostly working hinders the development of open source drivers for this hardware. > Lee cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/