Linux 2.4.21

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 14 June 2003 12:14 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

This is getting pretty weird....  I don't see that option.


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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         06/14/03 
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