From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "John Z. Bohach" <jzb2@aexorsyst.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:14:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E1F5C20.8000008@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201107140906.46404.jzb2@aexorsyst.com>
On 07/14/2011 09:06 AM, John Z. Bohach wrote:
> I have a large initramfs cpio file, about 890 MB, which expands to 2.7
> GB, and am running on linux-2.6.36.1, in 64-bit mode with 8 GB of
> physical RAM.
>
> Upon loading the initramfs, I see the message "Decompressing..." for a
> few seconds, and then comes a reset.
>
> This question has come up before...is there some sort of max size. that
> I am exceeding? With 8 GB of physical memory and 64-bit arch.
> (AMD-II), certainly seems that there should be enough memory, no?
>
> Thanks...
What bootloader are you using? There are some bootloaders which don't
allocate the initramfs in a very good spot.
-hpa
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-14 16:06 large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing John Z. Bohach
2011-07-14 21:14 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-07-14 22:32 ` John Z. Bohach
2011-07-14 23:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-14 23:35 ` John Z. Bohach
2011-07-15 0:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-15 0:35 ` John Z. Bohach
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2011-07-14 16:37 John Z. Bohach
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