Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:47:10 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks |
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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 ....
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