Subject: Re: kernel size
To: Frederic GILLIERS <fredg@DotCom.FR>
From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@cobaltnet.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 07/31/2000 09:27:10
> Is there a maximum size for the kernel ?
>
> ... it seem to work if the MFS is bigger than 1 Meg.
> ( 1 Meg MFS makes a 2.4 Megs kernel).
> a 2.8 Megs kernel seems to uncompress correctly, but
> the boot hangs just after displaying : decompression Done
The ROM uses a 2 Meg region for the compressed image,
and a 4 Meg region for the decompressed image.
Needless to say, the error cases are dealt with in the
traditional ROM programming mechanism. There is a good
chance that your 2.4 Meg image boots but is missing some
(potentially) interesting bits.
cj*