Re: Atari 4 MiB kernel limit

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> wrote:
> does the limit apply to just the kernel image
> (plus some margin) or is the initrd also subject
> to that restriction?

That's a very good question ;-)

The 4 MiB limit only applies to early startup, in arch/m68k/kernel/head.S.
Initrd is accessed later, in arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c, so I'd expect it to
not fall under the limit.

Of course, better try it to be sure ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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