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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 (4KSTACK)
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>>"4KSTACKS" already is present in the module version string.
>>>
>>>And Fedora is shipping now with 4k stacks, so presumably any disasters
>>>are relatively uncommon...
>>
>>Fedora and kernel.org have a lot of unshared bugs and features,
>>unfortunately. I take that information as an encouraging proof of concept,
>>not a waranty that the kernel.org code will behave in a similar way.
> 
> 
> Hey! That's slander of title! :-)
> Seriously the difference between the Fedora Core 2 kernel and the
> matching kernel.org kernel aren't THAT big. The 4g/4g split patch being
> the biggest delta.
> 
I was thinking about the one you charge for... I wouldn't use FCn for 
production on a bet. I was thinking of my RHEL AS3.0 vs. kernel.org, 
which are kernels stable enough for commercial use.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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