Subject: Re: 64-bit daddr_t problems with libsa
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/29/2003 17:13:54
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 12:06:31PM +1100, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> With this change, you will only be able to support a "just over" 4MB
> kernel on a 4KB file system...
This isn't for loading the kernel -- this is only for loading /boot. The
kernel can be larger, because /boot will not be compiled without indirect
block support. I don't think we need to worry about /boot being larger
than 4MB :-)
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>