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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:04:08 +0000
Subject: Re: NS83820 2.6.0-test5 driver seems unstable on IA64
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:13:33 -0700
Grant Grundler <iod00d@hp.com> wrote:

> It might. I be happy to share what I know about i860/i960 over pizza.
> I worked on ATT SVR4 port to i860 in 1989/90 and things were quite
> different then...

Q: How does an OS context switch work on the i860?
A: The user sneezes and the kernel cleans up after it.

I've hung out with i860 hackers already in my past :)