From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <005901c0226f$775690d0$4d1f76d8@kennedy> From: "Prashant Patel" To: Subject: Fw: 4MB DRAM is enough for linux kernel 2.2.13 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:26:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Prashant Patel Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:32 PM Subject: Re: 4MB DRAM is enough for linux kernel 2.2.13 > > Yes 4MB is enough but 8 or 16 is better it all depends on what you are > going to run on your board. > A running kernel needs between 1-2 MB for running it self (and a shell). > the boot loader typically resides in flash and does not take space from the > running linux kernel. > > K.D. > > > > |--------+------------------------------------------> > | | "Prashant Patel" | > | | | | > | > | | Sent by: | > | | owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.li| > | | nuxppc.org | > | | | > | | | > | | 19.09.2000 17:03 | > | | | > |--------+------------------------------------------> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------| > | | > | To: | > | cc: | > | Subject: 4MB DRAM is enough for linux kernel 2.2.13 | > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------| > > > > > > Hello Everybody > Can someone tell me if 4MB DRAM is enough to boot linux kernel > 2.2.13. Note that the 8xx rom boot loader occupies around 500k. > > Thanks > Prashant Patel > > > > > > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/