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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:42:30 +0100
From: "Udo A. Steinberg" <reality@delusion.de>
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Andrew Morton wrote:

> Yes, others have suggested that the whole lot should be reverted,
> for several reasons.  However it looks like that won't happen, so we
> need to debug the present code.  But it works for me.
> 
> I can review the code, see if anything stands out.  But it'll probably
> require someone who can reproduce it to be able to fix it.

That would be good. I can reliably reproduce the problem, so if you
want me to try out some patches, just send them here.

Regards,
Udo.
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