Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Sep 2005 21:39:29 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: RFC: i386: kill !4KSTACKS |
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On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 04:23:04AM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 09:36 +0200, Stefan Smietanowski wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 02:39 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > >>4Kb kernel stacks are the future on i386, and it seems the problems it > > >>initially caused are now sorted out. > > >> > > >>Does anyone knows about any currently unsolved problems? > > > > > > > > > ndiswrapper > > > > While I agree ndiswrapper has a use ... I don't think we should > > base kernel development upon messing with something that is designed > > to run a windows driver in linux ... > > Good point, but I don't think we should needlessly render people's > hardware inoperable either.
The NdisWrapper FAQ already tells you that you need a patch for some of the binary-only Windows drivers that require more than 8kB stacks.
And the fact that NdisWrapper is mostly working hinders the development of open source drivers for this hardware.
> Lee
cu Adrian
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