Re: 1GB/2GB/3GB User Space Splitting Patch 2.6.8.1 (PSEUDO SPAM)

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:01:29 +0000 jmerkey@comcast.net wrote:

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| > On Sul, 2004-08-29 at 17:42, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
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| > Ok so I can compile with a.out support. End of problem, that makes the
| > patch useful and "spec compliant", although the spec compliance is
| > irrelevant anyway. The spec doesn't determine what Linux is it's a
| > useful reference for normality. Special cases are special cases and you
| > harm the system by seeking to stop stuff that works purely for pieces of
| > paper.
| > 
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| Amen.  USB 2.0 orinoco wireless drivers seems to have problems when user space
| is set to 1GB.  Works grat with 2GB ad 3GB user space settings.  Problem occurs during
| any acces to usb_read_device().  This doesn't look like a ABI problem, looks like 
| a problem with the USB subsystem.  The serialize semaphore gets stuck for some
| reason. 

What kernel version?  I can't even find usb_read_device() in 2.6.9-rc1.

BTW, as someone else requested, please teach your mail client to wrap
lines around column 70-72.  Thanks.

| On the other topic, ABI compliance sounds a little restrictive since this is after all, an 
| open source OS.  Most apps get recompiled and I always download open source 
| components for Linux.  


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~Randy