linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] ICH Force HPET: Make generic time capable of switching broadcast timer

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:55:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ICH Force HPET: Make generic time capable of switching
 broadcast timer

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> We cannot merge a kernel change which requires a userspace upgrade to get
> the X server working again.

Agreed.

> 
> You can do it the other way: make the X server work by default (my patch)
> then, in your upgraded userspace, set /proc/sys/kernel/mmap_min_addr to
> 65536.  
> 
> Repeat: I think you should have used /proc/sys/vm/ for that tunable.

Andrew, I sent patches for these earlier.  Possibly lost somewhere?

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118304565827673&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118304566015586&w=2


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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