Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

Alan Cox
2005-11-18T18:56:14Z

On Llu, 2005-11-14 at 23:19 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Making the point that in 1990, folks had grown beyond 4K stacks in
> kernels, along with MS DOS 640K Limitations.

And Linux 8086 uses 512 byte kernel stacks, and really wants a bit of
tuning to get down to 256.

Its about discipline and design not year