From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:46:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p508B7363.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.115.99]:28997 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:46:45 +0000 Received: from fluff.linux-mips.net (fluff.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i12JkNex025169; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:46:23 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by fluff.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i12JkMw0025168; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:46:22 +0100 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:46:22 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Karsten Merker , Linux/MIPS Development Subject: Re: MIPS Kernel size Message-ID: <20040202194622.GA25095@linux-mips.org> References: <1075215091.40167af364b77@imp1-a.free.fr> <20040202140925.GB22008@linux-mips.org> <20040202184325.GE913@excalibur.cologne.de> <20040202185726.GB23667@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 4236 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips 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