Re: Linux 2.2.13ac1

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:17:21 +0100 (BST)

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> > o Pentium III support
>
> Does the changes to get the P-III really influence other code to the
> degree that it would danger making other things unstable? Because as long

Yes. It touches the FPU management for one.

> > o Bigmem
>
> Hasn't the Bigmem stuff got problems left unsolved? I mean, it's still
> under development in the v2.3.xx series, right?!

Bigmem to 4Gig should be rock solid. In fact I believe SuSE shipped support
with 6.2 (someone from SuSE can confirm this yes/no ?)

Bigmem above 4Gig is definitely not stable.

Alan

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