Re: Linux and lots of memory: documentation?

Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:58:29 +0100

On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:52:00PM +0000, Riley Williams wrote:
> > * IF YOU CHANGE THIS, PLEASE ALSO CHANGE
> > *
> > * arch/i386/vmlinux.lds
> > *
> > * which has the same constant encoded..
>
> I have to admit that I'd missed that comment, and I don't know enough
> about the ld scripting language to patch the said file anyway, so that
> patch has to be regarded as being incomplete as a result...
>
> Perhaps somebody could give me a quick run-through of the ld scripting
> language, then I should be able to deal with that aspect of it as
> well...

Well, you don't need to understand the ld script. Just look out for the
constant 0xc0000000 and replace it with the value you chose. Hint: It's in
line 9 and just gives the starting address of the kernel.

My kernels have 0x7000000 since a couple of months and it works fine. I only
have 128MB, though ...

-- 
Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de>  (Dortmund, FRG)
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 There is  something  frustrating  about  the quality  and  speed  of  Linux
 development.  I.e. the quality  is too high  and the speed  is too high, in
 other words,  I  can implement  this XXXX feature,  but I bet  someone else
 has already done it and is just about to release his patch to Linus soon...
    [From a posting of Tigran Aivazian to linux-kernel, XXXX = disk stat]


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