Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:18:57 +0000 | From | Eduard-Gabriel Munteanu <> | Subject | Re: Is the x86-64 kernel size limit real? |
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*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* Olivier Galibert wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:27:08AM +0000, Eduard-Gabriel Munteanu wrote: > >>*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* >>Olivier Galibert wrote: >> >> >>>which shows two things: >>>1- a8f5034540195307362d071a8b387226b410469f should have a x86-64 version >>>2- the limit looks entirely artificial >>> >>>So, is removing the limit prone to bite me? >>> >>> OG. >> >>The build system merely tries to warn you it's not going to fit on a >>floppy disk. "bzImage" means "Big zImage", not "bz2-compressed Image", >>so unless you're building a floppy disk, don't use zImage. > > > You failed to notice the "is_big_kernel ? 0x40000 : ..." part, which > means the 4Mb limit is for bzImage. And the "die(...)" part, which > means it's not a warning but an error. >
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