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Date:      Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:08:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VM_STACK on the alpha..  check please?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901262001540.22055-100000@feral-gw>
In-Reply-To: <199901270322.LAA09737@spinner.netplex.com.au>

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Support for it doesn't appear to be implemented at all- are you asking
whether someone would make sure it's implemented, or whether (for now) at
least alpha kernels keep compiling and running if you turn it on as a
default option?


> Can a couple of the Alpha folks please do me a favor and have a look at
> the VM_STACK kernel compile option and check that it works for the alpha?
> It's in a pretty sensitive area (stack growth).  It adds a MAP_STACK option
> for mmap(), primarily for linux threads support.
> 
> Whether MAP_STACK works on the alpha is less important at the moment than
> whether the kernel compiles and runs OK.  The option needs to be unifdef'ed
> if we can.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Peter
> 
> 
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