Re: APUS Debian Boot-Floppies Images and bugs
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:28:01PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > > I am trying to understand why...
> > > > For an 880k floppy the space problem makes impossible to do it.
> > > > But i wish to be contraddicted... :))
> > >
> > > Well, we could split the kernel in 2 and join it in ram: before launching
> > > it. Or we could try for a less than 880Ko modular kernel, but i have not big
> > > hopes on this one.
> >
> > I am experimenting, and it looks promising. I basically moved everything
> > except video and disk drivers to modules and here's what it gives so far:
> >
> > michdaen@pismo> gzip -cv9 vmlinux > vmapus.gz ~/src/apus-cvs/2.4
> > vmlinux: 60.1%
> > michdaen@pismo> ll vmapus.gz ~/src/apus-cvs/2.4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 michdaen src 888321 May 16 19:49 vmapus.gz
> > michdaen@pismo> du -k vmapus.gz ~/src/apus-cvs/2.4
> > 868 vmapus.gz
> >
> > Is this small enough? I guess I could squeeze out a few more K...
>
> Probably not yet.
>
> > Do we need support for foreign partition maps?
>
> Not for installation.
>
> > Do the fbcon packed pixels modules work?
>
> Yes, but only for modular drivers.
>
> I'd say include fbcon-afb (amifb), fbcon-cfb8 (gfx cards) and fbcon-cfb16
> (gfx cards with amiboot -v).
>
> You don't need fbcon-ilbm since amifb doesn't need it unless you use
> video=amifb:ilbm.
>
> You don't need fbcon-mfb since amifb will fallback to fbcon-afb/fbcon-ilbm for
> depth 1 when fbcon-mfb is not available.
>
> You don't need fbcon-cfb24 and fbcon-cf32 since no one wants to run an install
> console in those depths anyway. I don't think you need it for half-supported
> gfx cards with amiboot -v, only depth 16.
Also do you have pm2fb and co in there ? maybe this 880 ko kernels would be
only for aga, this way we have only 1 possible video= mode in the amiboot
script. Other modes can be choosen later on.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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