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Philipp Rumpf writes:
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 10:03:08AM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > But you could use it to launch the kernel threads, right?
> 
> I don't see how.
> 
> > 
> > > > Just move it from the i386 tree to the generic tree.
> > > 
> > > It's been generic for some time.
> > 
> > I only see it in the i386 and alpha arch trees. It may not be i386
> > specific anymore, but it isn't generic :-)
> 
> ia64 and mips64 seem to have it as well.  That leaves sparc which I
> guess just hasn't been merged.

Where is it for ia64 and mips64? I didn't see it in Linus' tree (hence
it doesn't exist).

				Regards,

					Richard....
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