From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267840AbUH2Nva (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:51:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267835AbUH2Nva (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:51:30 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:52608 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267840AbUH2Nuk (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:50:40 -0400 Subject: Re: 1GB/2GB/3GB User Space Splitting Patch 2.6.8.1 (PSEUDO SPAM) From: Alan Cox To: William Lee Irwin III Cc: Roland Dreier , jmerkey@comcast.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List , jmerkey@drdos.com In-Reply-To: <20040826044954.GP2793@holomorphy.com> References: <082620040421.9849.412D655C000690BA000026792200735446970A059D0A0306@comcast.net> <20040826043318.GO2793@holomorphy.com> <52isb6bj64.fsf@topspin.com> <20040826044954.GP2793@holomorphy.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093783694.27899.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:48:14 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Iau, 2004-08-26 at 05:49, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:46:43PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > > Agreed, but I do like running with PAGE_OFFSET == 0xB0000000 on my > > main box, which has 1 GB of RAM. I can avoid highmem and still use > > the last 128 MB of RAM. It takes me about 3 seconds to edit > > when I build a new kernel so I'm not arguing for merging > > this, though. > > Though asinine, the ABI spec is set in stone. Lots of Linux configuration options build you systems that don't meet some specifications. "Intentionally violate a stupid spec to get work done" is a good option 8)