Linux 2.4.21

[Net Llama!]

On 06/14/03 09:05, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Saturday 14 June 2003 11:24 am, Net Llama! wrote:
>> On 06/14/03 08:08, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>> > On Saturday 14 June 2003 10:55 am, Net Llama! wrote:
>> >> On 06/14/03 07:43, Kurt Wall wrote:
>> >> >> Maybe it's not cooked yet.
>> >> >
>> >> > The patch didn?t apply cleanly to stock 2.4.21 sources, so I
>> >> > didn?t even bother trying to compile it. There were a dozen or so
>> >> > rejects and way to much fuzz...
>> >>
>> >> huh?  the only discrepancy that i got was:
>> >> patching file linux/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
>> >> Hunk #1 succeeded at 1193 (offset 7 lines).
>> >> patching file linux/drivers/md/raid5.c
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> other than that it was smooth sailing.
>> >
>> > I didn't even get that error.
>>
>> hrmmmm...are you using a full 2.4.21 tarball, or just the patchset
>> tarball?  I'm using the full tarball, downloaded early yesterday
>> morning.  i'm starting to wonder if what got dumped out to the world
>> was changed at some point.
> 
> Using a full tarball.

that throws my theory out.  so, can anyone explain what the new option 
'PGE extensions' is under 'processor type & features'?  it looks to be 
something useful on pentium compatibles for high memory support, but i 
can't find a good explanation that doesn't require me to have a degree 
in hardware engineering.

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