Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:17:51 +0000 | From | Ben Dooks <> | Subject | Re: Size of kernel halts startup |
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 11:28:29AM +0800, cksim wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday, I have encountered an issue when the kernel size is more than 1.3MB. > > Info on problem encountered as follows: > 1) I am using Atmel AT91SAM9261 part. Circuit similar to that of AT91SAM9261EK > evaluation board. > > 2) I am booting the kernel through NFS. Bootloader > used is UBoot 1.1.5. Kernel used is 2.6.23.1 > > 3) For the past weeks, the kernel size was about 1.3MB and kernel bootup over NFS was fine. > > 4) Yesterday, I have done a menuconfig and turned on some drivers (USB HID and I2C). This resulted in a kernel size of about 1.4MB. > > 5) Booting up this 1.4MB kernel over NFS causes a register dump to appear and the system is halted. > > Is this issue related to the size of the kernel or it is due to some conflict in memory ? > > If it is related to size of kernel, how can the size be increased so as to resolve this issue ? > > Appreciate any help and advises. > > Thanks in advance. > > Sim CK
You're best of subscribing to linux-arm-kernel list and asking there as you'll be more likely to find people who are actually using these sorts of systems.
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