Jim March wrote:
>>>To put things back on firm earth and on-topicness... Why on earth would
> Linus even waste his time on trying to get this much memory addressed in
> the kernel? What is the rational behind it, besides being a publicity
> stunt?<<
>
> It ensures Linux maintains dominance in supercomputing, and yeah, that
> IS a publicity stunt...but what's wrong with that as long as it
> doesn't hurt lesser systems?
I didn't say it was wrong at all. I just think it's a little unnecessary.
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