From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: kmh@nerdshack.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de,
lermen@fgan.de, davej@redhat.com, cebbert@redhat.com
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: loadlin incompatible with 2.6.23 kernels
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:09:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4977AB27.8080608@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200712022336.SAA12095@granite.sover.net>
Kenneth Howlett wrote:
> I do not know if the problem is with the kernel or with loadlin. Probably
> some people will say it is the kernel's fault, and other people will say it
> is loadlin's fault.
>
> I do not know why this occurs with loadlin and not with other boot loaders.
LOADLIN uses memory it isn't allowed to use by the boot protocol. Newer
kernels use more memory than previous ones, and starts using memory
LOADLIN expects to use.
Unfortunately LOADLIN hasn't been updated for a very long time, and
there doesn't seem to be much interest in maintaining it.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-21 23:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-28 22:00 PROBLEM: loadlin incompatible with 2.6.23 kernels Kenneth Howlett
2007-12-03 2:13 ` Bill Davidsen
2009-01-21 23:09 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-01-21 23:43 ` Samuel Thibault
2009-01-22 0:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-01-22 0:24 ` Samuel Thibault
2009-02-08 2:08 ` Samuel Thibault
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2007-12-04 11:54 Etienne Lorrain
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