Re: Kernel magic numbers

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 16:29:58 +0000 (GMT)


Hi Gregory.

>> They're all genuine - and I don't smoke anything, not even
>> chocolate cigarettes...

>> Also in that list are several whose hex version can be decoded
>> as a valid date, and some of that group are famous...

> Like Linus' kids? :)

And Linus himself...although some of the others were inserted by other
people, and the meanings thereof are unknown...

Best wishes from Riley.

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