Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:10:27 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: sharp zaurus: prevent killing spitz-en |
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:18:46AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: > Ben Dooks wrote: > >It would be better for each machine to export an config option > >from the Kconfig to specify if they have a maximum size. > > Isn't the maximum size a property of the bootloader/other firmware? > i.e., something the kernel build system knows nothing about.
Yes. blob, for instance, aborts an xmodem download if it's too large. The kernel has no knowledge of what blob classifies as "too large" which may indeed be different from uboot, bootldr, redboot, or ...
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