Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:58:29 +0100 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: Linux and lots of memory: documentation? |
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On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:52:00PM +0000, Riley Williams wrote: > > * IF YOU CHANGE THIS, PLEASE ALSO CHANGE > > * > > * arch/i386/vmlinux.lds > > * > > * which has the same constant encoded.. > > I have to admit that I'd missed that comment, and I don't know enough > about the ld scripting language to patch the said file anyway, so that > patch has to be regarded as being incomplete as a result... > > Perhaps somebody could give me a quick run-through of the ld scripting > language, then I should be able to deal with that aspect of it as > well...
Well, you don't need to understand the ld script. Just look out for the constant 0xc0000000 and replace it with the value you chose. Hint: It's in line 9 and just gives the starting address of the kernel.
My kernels have 0x7000000 since a couple of months and it works fine. I only have 128MB, though ...
-- Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de> (Dortmund, FRG) PGP key on http://student.physik.uni-dortmund.de/homepages/garloff
There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux development. I.e. the quality is too high and the speed is too high, in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone else has already done it and is just about to release his patch to Linus soon... [From a posting of Tigran Aivazian to linux-kernel, XXXX = disk stat]
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