On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 05:52:10PM -0700, Sean M. Doran wrote:

 >   The most-repeatable and clearest example of this is with the
 > Linux command line client from http://www.edonkey2000.com/
 > When there is no state (e.g., run in an empty directory), the
 > client functions the same for both kernels, AFAICT.   When there
 > is state (i.e., you have a non-empty temp or incoming directory),
 > the client works fine on the trunk kernel and fails on the branch.

I think it's well-understood (by the relevant kernel developers) that
there are some problems that are related e.g. GDT compatction and other
stuff on i386 MP kernels.  Fixing them is a little tricky, but is on
the list of Things To Do.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>