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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :??
Date: 5 Mar 2003 16:30:18 -0800
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By author:    Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> It seems completely inappropriate to remove a feature from the 'stable'
> kernel tree.
> 

Agreed.  The only issue is whether or not it's too broken to be
considered a feature at this point (my feeling would be that it's not,
and should be removed in 2.5, not 2.4.)

	-hpa
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