Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Is the x86-64 kernel size limit real? | Date | Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:19:52 -0700 (PDT) |
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Followup to: <p73hd2cnik6.fsf@verdi.suse.de> By author: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> writes: > > > I get bitched at by the build process because the kernel I get is > > around 4.5Mb compressed. i386 does not have that limitation. > > Interestingly, a diff between the two build.c gives: > > A patch to fix it is already queued for 2.6.18 > > Also long term it might be completely dropped when the uncompressor > moves to long mode. >
It can be completely dropped now (and the directories unified); the size limitation on the uncompressed size can be enforced in the linker script.
The uncompressor only needs to be in long mode to support > 4 GB.
-hpa
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