Re: Hardwired drivers are going away?

H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-15T00:40:50Z

Followup to: <20020114232247.195bf441.spyro@armlinux.org>
By author: Ian Molton <spyro@armlinux.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> #2 Not all architectures have a problem with 'far' or 'near' calls, and
> frankly, I'm glad the kernels design isnt being crippled just to serve the
> fundamentally CRAP x86 architecture, for once.
>

Especially since the x86 *ISN'T* one of the architectures with this
particular problem. 'far' and 'near' as used in this thread don't
refer to the x86 segmentation crud.

-hpa
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