The best way to see why something changed in Linux is to use git-blame and git-log. I know 1.3 and 2.4 didn't use git, but maybe there is an alternative or chan

The best way to see why something changed in Linux is to use git-blame and git-log. I know 1.3 and 2.4 didn't use git, but maybe there is an alternative or changelogs stored somewhere? You could also change back to 2mb and see what explodes :)