Subject: Re: Old machines stops with kernel bigger than 3M (Re: mesh driver)
To: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/17/2000 12:04:50
What do we want to do about this for the release? I have the same problem
too on my Beige G3.

Take care,

Bill

On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Makoto Fujiwara wrote:

> This seems to me that the kernel is too big for your machine.
> I had very much similar problem on StarMax 3000/240, 4000/160 etc.
> Kernel is now loaded starting 1M Bytes boundary. Your new kernel
> is beyond 3MB in size. And unfortunately, OF of some type of machines uses
> starting at 4MB boundary.
> (This is what I have heard and not saying with full (or any) understanding).
> 
> You may have two options to work arround this problem.
> (1)
> Get small kernel, less than 3M. There are so many USB drivers etc.
> It seems to me easy to get such a kernel.
> 
> (2) 
> Change the kernel loading base. In my case,
> 
> > setenv real-base F00000
> > reset-all
> works.
> Good luck,