From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
To: Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: CHRP boards and VGA text mode.
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:17:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990827151748.028421@mailhost.mipsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPX.4.10.9908271248020.9440-100000@gra-ux1.iram.es>
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999, Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es> wrote:
>- Make the kernel code loaded at 640 k physical (except for the interrupt
>vectors...). There is no way to build a kernel with less than 384k of
>code (my nfsroot kernels are truly minimal). Reserve the first 16 kB or so
>for interrupt handlers/whatever, then 624k of normal memory followed by
>the kernel and then higher memory. I would actually prefer this solution,
>but feel free to suggest any other...
Side note: having the ability to locate the kernel at a different address
than the exception vectors would help the NuBus port.
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1999-08-27 11:20 CHRP boards and VGA text mode Gabriel Paubert
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