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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Mr. Brian Behlendorf,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have read your post about improving module load time in the following site and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Found it very helpful.</FONT>
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<P><A HREF="http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-June/037641.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-June/037641.html</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have the similar issue with Linux 2.6.14 for PPC platform. Since I cannot find </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the original patch for 2.6.14 so I just manually merge some deltas from 2.6.27.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">After patch the loading time is reduced dramatically however it traps (DSI). </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I wonder if you have heard any other related issues which I missed patch.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks and best regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jianhua Ding</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SW engineer at Nortel</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PS: Attached please find the modified module.c file for your reference.<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<module.c>> </FONT></FONT>
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