From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:17:48 +0200 To: Gabriel Paubert , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: CHRP boards and VGA text mode. Message-Id: <19990827151748.028421@mailhost.mipsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Fri, Aug 27, 1999, Gabriel Paubert 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. -- Perso. e-mail: Work e-mail: BenH. Web : [[ 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. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]