Subject: Re: kernel size
To: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@cobaltnet.com>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 07/31/2000 19:07:58
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:27:10AM -0700, Chris Johnson wrote:
> > 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.
Yeah, some day I'll get around to writing a boot loader.. :-)
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Soren