Re: Kernel-size-limitation

[David Spreen <david@spreen.de>]

Hi there,
here are the relevant parts of code:

2.2.19:
if (sys_size > (is_big_kernel ? 0xffff : DEF_SYSSIZE))
  die("System is too big. Try using %smodules.",
   is_big_kernel ? "" : "bzImage or ");
[...]

2.4.3:
if (sys_size > (is_big_kernel ? 0x28000 : DEF_SYSSIZE))
[...]

>From the Documentation of bzImage I took, that the boot of
bzImage loads the non-real-mode-stuff behind all other, so it
souldn't matter how big it is, if you have enough ram.

Please correct me if I am wrong...

so long...

David
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