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Re: PATCH: Fix for linux 2.0.x -ve truncation problem

From: chris () CYBERNET CO NZ (Chris Wedgwood)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:13:53 +1200


On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 11:50:25AM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

A patch to fix 2.0.x this is appended below (against 2.0.36). Its
just a cut and paste of the relevant code from recent kernels, I
assume it works, not tested but I can't see how it can fail...


FWIW, I've now tested this and it does indeed work...





-cw

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