Messages in this thread | | | Date | 11 Jan 2003 11:18:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /proc/sys/kernel/pointer_size |
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torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 08.01.03 in <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301081300200.1497-100000@home.transmeta.com>:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, John Levon wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:28:23PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > or could even be a user program config file option. > > > > Eww. > > And it's less disgusting than adding a kernel hack for it?
From my point of view as both user and programmer: about a hundred times less disgusting. (Also probably needs at least ten (maybe a hundred) times less code, including the kernel code, which plays a big part in the "disgusting" value.)
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