> 
> If that sentence means that kernels with COMPAT_15 (and earlier!) use
> basically the status quo (or perhaps implementing one of the methods
> that reserves only max-stack-size rather than max-data-size VM
> space)...in that case, yes, that covers it, but in that case I'm not
> entirely clear what the perceived benefit is.  Will we be deprecating
>
The same as always: If you want a smaller, faster kernel - do not compile
in things that you don't need. If you have binaries that need the old
syntax, you will get the penalty from it :-)

-- Ragge