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DateMon, 14 Nov 2005 23:47:10 -0700
From"Jeff V. Merkey" <>
SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
Neil Brown wrote:

>On Monday November 14, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote:
> 
>
>>Dave Jones wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>>On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 08:26:45PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>>NetWare used 16K stacks in kernel by default.
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>unsubscribe netware-kernel
>>> 
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>Making the point that in 1990, folks had grown beyond 4K stacks in 
>>kernels, along with MS DOS 640K Limitations.
>> 
>>
>
>But I seem to remember learning in CS101 (or whatever we called it),
>that the stack grows down and the heap grows up.
>So if 'folks had grown beyond 4K stacks', I guess they must be at 2K
>stacks ?->
>
>NeilBrown
> 
>

Great point, and you are correct that MS DOS had bigger stacks than 4K. 
Onward through the fog ....
Jeff
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