Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Jan 2003 14:24:18 -0800 (PST) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: test suite? |
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On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Hugh Dickins wrote:
| On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote: | > Anyone, where is this kernel size limit coming from? | > System is 8384 kB | > System is too big. Try using modules. | | See pg0 and pg1 in arch/i386/kernel/head.S. There's no technical | reason (but well-justified resistance to bloat) why pg2... cannot | be added, but you might find a few little adjustments needed to | match elsewhere (if you want your testbuild kernel to boot).
Thanks, Hugh.
Just after I sent that email, I said to myself: um, maybe something about GDT, related to (max) 1-1 memory mapping.
No, I don't need to boot that kernel. It was enough of a problem just to build it.
-- ~Randy
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