From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:53:39 -0600 From: Joshua Rosenau To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Restructure of arch/ppc/kernel and include/asm-ppc Message-ID: <19981216115339.S1037@midway.uchicago.edu> References: <19981214105418.022383@mail.mipsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <19981214105418.022383@mail.mipsys.com>; from Benjamin Herrenschmidt on Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 10:54:18AM +0100 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: So on Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 10:54:18AM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt was all like, > >On Sun, Dec 13, 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven >wrote: > >This could be a good idea since it would fix a big outstanding issue: The >inability of MacOS VM to lock contiguously enough space for the kernel >and ramdisk in lots of cases (the -622 error most people with virtual >memory ON are experiencing). If the booter was itself a nini-kernel that >takes care of further loading of the real kernel and ramdisk, this issue >would probably disappear. Would this also make it possible for linuxppc to support machines without OF? Currently MkLinux does a similar maneuver and I wonder if this minikernel could replace the Mach Kernel and just catch whatever data gets sent from the MkLinux Booter about video settings etc. Dunno how linuxppc loads really, so this may be silly. Josh [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]