Re: [PATCH 0/4] Atari kernel-in-FastRAM patches, take three

Finn Thain
2014-04-04T06:12:33Z

On Wed, 2 Apr 2014, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> Hi Finn,
>
> > It may be possible to boot Linux with MacOS running in 24-bit mode,
> > and ISTR that this leads to a large number of memory chunks. The
> > Penguin
>
> The chunk size would still be 16 MB, perhaps?

Looking at the Penguin source, findRAM() in Source/mmu_support.c sorts the
boot info memory mappings so that the largest chunk comes first. In 32-bit
mode, it will probably be the only chunk. Regardless of 24-bit mode or
32-bit mode, it may not be a 16 MB chunk.

Finn