Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:44:26 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] move the kernel to 16MB for NUMA-Q |
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On Jun 11 2007 12:01, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Jun 11 2007 10:36, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>> Picking the 16 MB base is a bit obnoxious on small-memory machines, 4 MB >>> would probably be a more reasonable base. Of course, 16 MB would avoid >>> the issue of the handful of machines with memory holes at 15-16 MB. >> >> How will this work at all with a 5 MB machine? > >Does current kernels work at all on a 5 MB machine? > >(I used Linux on a 5 MB machine many years ago, but modern kernels are a >different issue...)
Yes, I ran an unmodified 2.6.13 with a minimal but somewhat minimal userspace (sash, glibc) on an fpu-less 386. http://jengelh.hopto.org/GFX/mach/386sx.jpg http://jengelh.hopto.org/GFX/mach/proc386.jpg (yay, 3.09 bogomips and a totally incapable processor :p) Have not tried more recent kernels yet though.
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