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Alan Cox wrote:
>> Given that, we should either just rip this code out, or detect VPC 
>> (how?).  The latter option can be done post-.27, of course; if so, we 
> 
> Make the user pass a "vpcworkarounds" boot option...

<joke>
Kernel Tainted: Microsoft
</joke>

	-hpa