On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 09:19:57AM +0000, ppc-dev@storix.com wrote: > > Why? because yaboot 1.x memory management is totally broken. > On Tuesday 03 May 2005 05:29 am, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 04:35:06PM +0000, ppc-dev@storix.com wrote: > > > I am testing network boot using a vmlinux and initrd image on an IBM > > > 7044-170. Thanks to Paul Nasrat for info on how to get it to work on > > > pSeries. However, I have run into a problem. Yaboot does tftp requests > > > and gets the yaboot.conf file fine. Then attempts to get the kernel. It > > > only transfers 6291456 bytes of the kernel image and tries to execute it. > > > (My kernel is 6352912 bytes). The 6291456 byte limit is consistant. Even > > > when I try larger/different files. Anyone aware of where this limit is > > > coming from? > > > > this is a hard coded limit. kernels must not exceed 6MB. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to minimalist@lists.penguinppc.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe yaboot-users". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.penguinppc.org -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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