Re: Is the x86-64 kernel size limit real?

[Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:27:08AM +0000, Eduard-Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
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> Olivier Galibert wrote:
> 
> >
> >which shows two things:
> >1- a8f5034540195307362d071a8b387226b410469f should have a x86-64 version
> >2- the limit looks entirely artificial
> >
> >So, is removing the limit prone to bite me?
> >
> >  OG.
> 
> The build system merely tries to warn you it's not going to fit on a 
> floppy disk. "bzImage" means "Big zImage", not "bz2-compressed Image", 
> so unless you're building a floppy disk, don't use zImage.

You failed to notice the "is_big_kernel ? 0x40000 : ..." part, which
means the 4Mb limit is for bzImage.  And the "die(...)" part, which
means it's not a warning but an error.

  OG.

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