From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:59:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:59:38 -0500 Received: from khms.westfalen.de ([62.153.201.243]:57784 "EHLO khms.westfalen.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:59:37 -0500 Date: 11 Jan 2003 11:18:00 +0200 From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen) To: torvalds@transmeta.com cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <8deE8FwHw-B@khms.westfalen.de> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [PATCH] /proc/sys/kernel/pointer_size X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.12d.kh10 R/C435 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Organisation? Me?! Are you kidding? References: X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Comment: Unsolicited commercial mail will incur an US$100 handling fee per received mail. X-Fix-Your-Modem: +++ATS2=255&WO1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 08.01.03 in : > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, John Levon wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:28:23PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > or could even be a user program config file option. > > > > Eww. > > And it's less disgusting than adding a kernel hack for it? >>From my point of view as both user and programmer: about a hundred times less disgusting. (Also probably needs at least ten (maybe a hundred) times less code, including the kernel code, which plays a big part in the "disgusting" value.) MfG Kai