lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Feb]   [23]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: Patch to reorder functions in the vmlinux to a defined order
Date
On Thursday 23 February 2006 20:23, Rene Herman wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > The same should be true on x86, btw. Where we should use a physical start
> > address of 4MB for best performance.
>
> Does 16MB still work? Gets the kernel out of the old ZONE_DMA. I suppose
> not many people are really using that anyway anymore these days, but if
> no downsides maybe?

That would prevent booting on < 18MB or so
>
> Also, did the kernel still boot on a 4M machine, and would it still do
> so with the change to 4M as posted? 2.4 used to boot fine with 4M. Not
> certain anymore if I ever tested that with 2.6 (and can't right now).

It wouldn't without additional changes.

-Andi

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2006-02-23 20:33    [W:0.139 / U:0.660 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site