Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

On Llu, 2005-11-14 at 23:19 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Making the point that in 1990, folks had grown beyond 4K stacks in 
> kernels, along with MS DOS 640K Limitations.

And Linux 8086 uses 512 byte kernel stacks, and really wants a bit of
tuning to get down to 256.

Its about discipline and design not year

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