UDA50/RA81 problems....

[Henry Spencer]

> Now, does anyone out there know any good rumors about "fast fork" for 4.2+n?
> This uses copy-on-write shared memory; we once heard that this would require
> a microcode update and was thus delayed.  I didn't understand that rumor,
> since it seems doable with software.  Any comments?

What I heard was that the 750 has a microcode bug that prevents copy-on-write
from working properly, this being one of the reasons why fast fork has been
so long in coming.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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