linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 0/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked listof struct setup

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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:21:47 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	ying.huang@...el.com, hpa@...or.com, andi@...stfloor.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 0/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked listof struct
 setup_data to boot protocol

Ingo wrote:
> stupidly shortsighted limit ...

Eh ... I don't think all that shortsighted ... that 4096 limit has
probably been around longer than Linux.  Linus or hpa or others would
know the history better than I do.

> in case anyone knows about any other ... please tell us 

We're pushing into and finding those limits as best we can, here at
SGI ;).  You've heard of the canary in the mine shaft, and the elephant
in the room.  Well, we're the elephant in the canary cage.

-- 
                  I won't rest till it's the best ...
                  Programmer, Linux Scalability
                  Paul Jackson <pj@....com> 1.940.382.4214
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