On 28/09/07 14:54 -0400, Ward Vandewege wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 03:34:52PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 05:37:30PM -0700, ron minnich wrote: > > > On 9/24/07, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > This may be a stupid question, but is it possible to put kexec in the > > > > ROM, too? Yes, it consumes some space, but I'm curious if it would be > > > > possible. > > > > > > not stupid at all. On OLPC that's how I did it originally. > > > > OK, great. How big does kexec get when put in the ROM? Is there still enough > > room for a kernel in that case (1MB chip)? > > I tried this briefly while working on the m57sli and s2891 additions to > buildrom, and could not fit the kexec binary and lab in less than 1MB. > > But I didn't investigate exactly how the kexec binary is built in buildrom, > and there might be some more trimming of the kernel config that can be done.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. We need a minimal version of Kconfig for 32bit x86 a ukexec if you will (but please don't use that name). It can be either tied into Busybox, or stand on its own - I don't really think it matters. Jordan -- Jordan Crouse Systems Software Development Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
