From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Gaffney Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:32:59 +0000 Subject: Re: Booting an Ultra sparc with 2.6 Message-Id: <417DEF9B.3000705@skylineaero.com> List-Id: References: <20040913143811.GH30464@ruslug.rutgers.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040913143811.GH30464@ruslug.rutgers.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 01:16:04AM -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > >>Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:53:28PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:32:12 -0400 >>>>mcgrof@studorgs.rutgers.edu (Luis R. Rodriguez) wrote: >>>> >>>>>a. boot into vmlinux (48MB) >>>>> result: image too large >>>> >>>>Please, why in the world do you need a 48MB kernel >>>>image? >>> >>>Hey -- I can reduce the size, sure but that is besides the point. I want >>>to know the details of the size limitations of the kernel image for >>>sparc64. You told me last that there was no size limitations, that this >>>was fixed in the latest version of silo. >> >>It is something closer to "no unreasonable size limit". I believe the limit >>is 7.5MB, which should more than enough for *any* kernel you'd ever need to >>compile. > > Andrew, thanks -- and *that* is what I needed. I'll try to reduce my > kernel size now. I swear, I have been trying to limit it as much as I > can already I guess I'll have to try harder :) > > Anyone know *why* this 7.5MB limit exists? So people don't try to boot 48MB kernels? :P -- Andrew Gaffney Network Administrator Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. 636-357-1548