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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Chip Schweiss <chip@innovates.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Setting kernel options at compile time.
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 19:08:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AF33665.A8B8EC0A@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <H00000650007236c.0989014582.dublin.innovates.com@MHS>

Chip Schweiss wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get a 2.2.19 kernel loaded on an i810 system using RPLD on
> a diskless system.  I can get the kernel loaded and running.  The
> problem is the i810 needs the kernel parameter "mem=xxxM" set to tell
> the kernel how much memory the system has since the on the i810 the
> kernel doesn't know how much was taken for video.
> 
> The catch I'm running into is RPLD cannot pass parameters to the kernel
> and without this setting the system has video problem, most likely from
> the memory sharing issues.  When the mem parameter is set when using a
> disk it doesn't demonstrate any problems.
> 
> What I'm trying to figure out is how to compile in this setting.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chip Schweiss

Try a 2.4 kernel.  If the BIOS is reserving memory for the video card it
should show up in the e820 memory map.  2.2.x last I checked doesn't use
e820 for memory detection.

-- 

						Brian Gerst

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-05-04 23:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-04 22:16 Setting kernel options at compile time chip
2001-05-04 22:21 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-04 23:08 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2001-05-04 23:31 ` H. Peter Anvin

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