From: marek.vasut@gmail.com (Marek Vasut)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Maximum bootable kernel size in current ARM linux
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:43:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201009131043.48688.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C8DD588.7040009@endruntechnologies.com>
Dne Po 13. z??? 2010 09:40:56 Bruce M. Penrod napsal(a):
> This seems like a pretty straightforward question, but extensive web
> searching hasn't shown a really clear, up-to-date answer. The most
> recent info is circa 2004 and states that 4MB is the largest
> uncompressed ARM kernel that may be loaded. Not being an ARM assembly
> guru (head.S baffles me), I'd like to know if that is still true in
> 2010, and if it is, why?
>
> I'm having one hell of a time compiling a monolithic kernel and keeping
> it under 4M without leaving out some core networking features I need.
> From my searching, it looks like x86 has either removed the limit or
> raised it to a much higher number. It's not clear to me why a 32 bit
> processor would not be able to boot a kernel larger than 4 MB.
Hey, CCed Russell.
Btw. this shouldn't be true anymore. On the other hand, why do you need such a
huge kernel?
It's not even possible to create kernel that big if you don't have some kind of
initramfs in, right? Besides, you can use some kind of a compression, like LZMA
or something to keep the size down.
Cheers
>
> Bruce
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-13 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-13 7:40 Maximum bootable kernel size in current ARM linux Bruce M. Penrod
2010-09-13 8:43 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2010-09-13 9:56 ` Haojian Zhuang
2010-09-13 10:10 ` Simon Guinot
2010-09-13 10:15 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-13 11:58 ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-09-13 12:38 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-14 12:35 ` Dave P. Martin
2010-09-14 12:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-09-14 17:37 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-09-16 17:16 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-09-16 17:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-16 18:37 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-09-17 10:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-09-16 17:58 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-09-17 10:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-09-13 10:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-09-13 19:43 ` Bruce M. Penrod
2010-09-14 17:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-09-14 17:55 ` Bruce M. Penrod
2010-09-14 18:46 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-09-15 20:30 ` Bruce M. Penrod
2010-09-15 22:02 ` Alexander Clouter
2010-09-15 22:19 ` Nicolas Pitre
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