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Re: [bigmem-patch] 4GB with Linux on IA32

To: Kanoj Sarcar <kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [bigmem-patch] 4GB with Linux on IA32
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:03:56 -0700 (PDT)
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Kanoj Sarcar wrote:
> 
> Btw, my vote goes for finding and fixing all such driver code, instead 
> of just breaking them for bigmem machines.

The code in question cannot be "fixed". It's doing something wrong in the
first place, 

		Linus

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