From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>,
Linux/MIPS Development <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: MIPS Kernel size
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:46:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040202194622.GA25095@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0402022033180.19699@waterleaf.sonytel.be>
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:38:18PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> a few years ago...
>
> Fortunately, system size is still important for some applications. Witness the
> existence of a System Size Working Group in the CE Linux Forum. So yes, some
> people still care.
All but one of the new MIPS systems I got in the past years support memory
sizes in the GB range ...
> > The Cobalt case is special; it's firmware could almost be the definition
> > of the term crap ...
>
> Can't you use the firmware to load a second stage booter, which can load
> larger kernels?
That would be possible - but would still leave all the other limitations
of the original firmware such as not supporting netboots. Peter Horten
seem to have worked on something better.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-02 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-27 14:51 MIPS Kernel size kip.r2
2004-01-27 16:10 ` Thiemo Seufer
2004-02-02 14:09 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 18:43 ` Karsten Merker
2004-02-02 18:57 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 19:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-02-02 19:46 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2004-02-02 19:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-02-02 19:59 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 20:07 ` Thiemo Seufer
2004-02-02 20:32 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 22:29 ` Peter Horton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-02-02 16:12 Smith, Todd
2004-02-02 18:53 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-02 21:48 Smith, Todd
2004-02-03 13:41 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2004-02-03 15:17 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 14:50 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-02-03 15:18 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 16:52 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-02-03 17:07 ` Ralf Baechle
2004-02-03 15:16 ` Ralf Baechle
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