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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:24:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: INIT_MMAP on sparc64
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
   Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:18:38 -0400 (EDT)

   	Why man ! ,  Alpha does not have this limit ?  Why Sparc ?

It has to do with a combination of what OBP guarentees the boot
loader and limitations within the boot signature.

It would require a lot of SILO and kernel work to eliminate.

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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