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From: "John Z. Bohach" <jzb2@aexorsyst.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:35:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201107141735.36175.jzb2@aexorsyst.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E1F86AE.9090903@zytor.com>

> > Sorry, I thought initramfs would be clear on its own that its not
> > initrd, but I guess some people do use it interchangeably.  Anyway,
> > I have some experience in programming, so is there anything you
> > could suggest that I might tweak to test your theory on the
> > decompressor?  Or would this be more of a kernel VM allocator
> > issue?  Also, would ramdisk_size have any bearing on this?
>
> initramfs can be built in or loaded via the initrd protocol.
>
> Anyway, it's hard to say for sure what to look for, but the first
> thing is to try to "fence" the problem... that is, establish the
> latest point which is successfully crossed and the earliest point
> which is not.

Fair enough...I'll start with a 2 GB boundary and see where it takes 
me...thanks for you feedback.

--john


  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-15  0:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-14 16:06 large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing John Z. Bohach
2011-07-14 21:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-14 22:32   ` John Z. Bohach
2011-07-14 23:26     ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-14 23:35       ` John Z. Bohach
2011-07-15  0:15         ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-15  0:35           ` John Z. Bohach [this message]
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2011-07-14 16:37 John Z. Bohach

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