| To: | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> |
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| Subject: | Re: MIPS Kernel size |
| From: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:46:22 +0100 |
| Cc: | Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>, Linux/MIPS Development <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> |
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:38:18PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > a few years ago... > > Fortunately, system size is still important for some applications. Witness the > existence of a System Size Working Group in the CE Linux Forum. So yes, some > people still care. All but one of the new MIPS systems I got in the past years support memory sizes in the GB range ... > > The Cobalt case is special; it's firmware could almost be the definition > > of the term crap ... > > Can't you use the firmware to load a second stage booter, which can load > larger kernels? That would be possible - but would still leave all the other limitations of the original firmware such as not supporting netboots. Peter Horten seem to have worked on something better. Ralf |
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