Subject: Re: sun3 versus netbsd-1.3 kernel sizes
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sun3
Date: 02/21/1998 13:03:20
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:21:23 -0500
"Gordon W. Ross" <gwr@mc.com> wrote:
> Technically, you could build a kernel with a funny link map that
> puts blank space where the BW frame buffer is, but as a practical
> matter, poor old 3/50 boxes don't want such a big kernel anyway.
>
> Another easier way to deal with this is use LKMs, because after
> the kernel is booted, the VM knows how to avoid the video.
>
> Given those points, I'm not motivated to make it possible to
> boot (initial) kernel images larger than 1MB on the 3/50.
That seems silly... if it's easy to do, it should be made possible
to boot GENERIC on all members fo the sun3 family.
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