From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Subject: Re: the new VMt
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:06:11 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0009251258160.16980-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu> from "Alexander Viro" at Sep 25, 2000 01:01:45 PM
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> > > Stupidity has no limits...
> > 
> > Unfortunately its frequently wired into the hardware to save a few cents on
> > scatter gather logic.
> 
> Since when hardware folks became exempt from the rule above? 128K is
> almost tolerable, there were requests for 64 _mega_bytes...

Most cheap ass PCI hardware is built on the basis you can do linear 4Mb 
allocations. There is a reason for this. You can do that 4Mb allocation on
NT or Windows 9x


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