Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965144AbVLVJOL (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:14:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965145AbVLVJOL (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:14:11 -0500 Received: from cid.upco.es ([130.206.70.227]:19155 "EHLO mail1.upco.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965144AbVLVJOJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:14:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:14:28 +0100 From: Romano Giannetti To: Giridhar Pemmasani Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: About 4k kernel stack size.... Message-ID: <20051222091428.GB1876@pern.dea.icai.upcomillas.es> Mail-Followup-To: Romano Giannetti , Giridhar Pemmasani , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051218231401.6ded8de2@werewolf.auna.net> <43A77205.2040306@rtr.ca> <20051220133729.GC6789@stusta.de> <170fa0d20512200637l169654c9vbe38c9931c23dfb1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1783 Lines: 40 On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:07:01AM -0500, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > Sean wrote: > > > I for one hope those silly bastards using ndiswrapper fix up that code to > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > It is despicable that some of the proponents of this 4k-only stack size have > resorted to such epithets. Yes, a bit sad it is. Being one of those silly bastard that have to use ndiswrapper to connect to my Uni wifi, I want to pubblically thanks Giri for his work. I'd love a world where wifi cards will have native linux open source drivers, but _now_ my only other option is to boot in windows --- which I do not even have on my laptop. Nevertheless, I think that if the bulk of kernel developers feel the need to go to 4k kernel stack, they probably have *technical* reasons to do it (which I, for my limited understanding, cannot discuss). That mean that ndiswrapper will need to have a kernel patch; that's not a problem for me nor for the majority of people in this list. For the other people, let distribution maintainer decide. I see ndiswrapper nicely integrated in a lot of distro now, and I really do not see Mandriva or whatever drop almost all the "wifi compatible" hardware list. Maybe they will be pushed to develop open source driver (I hope). Maybe they simply will ship patched kernel. Let's see. Romano -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569 http://www.dea.icai.upcomillas.es/romano/ - 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/