Don Zickus <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> There is one outstanding issue where I am probably requiring too much
> alignment
>> on the arch/i386 kernel.
>
> There was posts awhile ago about optimizing the kernel performance by
> loading it at a 4MB offset.
>
> http://www.lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/23/189
>
> Your changes breaks that on i386 (not aligned on a 4MB boundary). But a
> 5MB offset works. Is that the correct update or does that break the
> original idea?
That patch should still apply and work as described.
Actually when this stuipd cold I have stops slowing me down,
and I fix the alignment to what it really needs to be ~= 8KB.
Then bootloaders should be able to make the decision.
HPA Does that sound at all interesting?
Eric
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