Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Sep 2005 22:13:10 +0200 | From | Bas Westerbaan <> | Subject | Re: RFC: i386: kill !4KSTACKS |
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> > Though 4K stacks are used a lot, they probably aren't used on all > > configurations yet. Other situations may arise where 8K stacks may be > > preferred. It is too early to kill 8K stacks imho. > > Please name situations where 8K stacks may be preferred that do not > involve binary-only modules.
I meant that there could be situations, which have not yet been found, where it could be preferred to use 8K stacks instead of 4K. When you switch from having 8K stacks as default to 4K stacks without possibility for 8K stacks you'd possibly encounter these yet to be found situations.
When on the other hand the 4K stacks are set as default, leaving the option in, instead of removing it, these possible situations, when found, could be resolved (temporarilly) by switching back to 8K stacks.
After a while having 4K stacks as default would be a better time to decide whether to remove the option or not instead of now.
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