Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 04 May 2001 19:08:21 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: Setting kernel options at compile time. |
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Chip Schweiss wrote: > > I'm trying to get a 2.2.19 kernel loaded on an i810 system using RPLD on > a diskless system. I can get the kernel loaded and running. The > problem is the i810 needs the kernel parameter "mem=xxxM" set to tell > the kernel how much memory the system has since the on the i810 the > kernel doesn't know how much was taken for video. > > The catch I'm running into is RPLD cannot pass parameters to the kernel > and without this setting the system has video problem, most likely from > the memory sharing issues. When the mem parameter is set when using a > disk it doesn't demonstrate any problems. > > What I'm trying to figure out is how to compile in this setting. > > Thanks, > Chip Schweiss
Try a 2.4 kernel. If the BIOS is reserving memory for the video card it should show up in the e820 memory map. 2.2.x last I checked doesn't use e820 for memory detection.
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