(Is @clustermatic.org still working?) On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 08:01:09AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Richard Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:54:17 +0000 (GMT), Ramesh Chhaba > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But I want to make my romimage within 256KB > > > > > > So what options I acn change to do that > > > currently my image is 356 (approx) KB > > > > PAY_LOAD_SIZE is not a maximum size. its the blocksize option > > thats used in the 'dd' statemnet that copies the payload into a > > file. So 64k is the minimum it will be but it could be 128k, > > 192k, 256k, etc. > > > > Make your ROM_SIZE be the size you want the image - payload size. > > You can see all the magic for this in the makefile that the > > config tool generates. I remember I had to tweak with my numbers > > till I got to to come out the right size. > > this is a clear FAQ entry.
I wish I understood it better, I guess I should take a look at the Makefile.. //Peter _______________________________________________ LinuxBIOS mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
