On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 12:04:36AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi Sven > > I had some success in making a smaller powerpc kernel today. I started > from your config and tried to modularize as much as possible. I built > everything possible as module execpt "input core support" which can't be > a module because then you can no longer have adb keyboards on the new > input layer (which means the internal keyboard of my powerbook becomes > dead and the external usb keyboard only works in X :-( ). > > You have to boot this kernel with an initrd. This could be an > inconvenience for those who have to build their initrd's into the kernel > image. But there's no other way to make the kernel small enough to fit > on a floppy. By now it is 1.1Mib compressed. Hurrah! > > I attached the modified config.
Please have a look at the two packages in : http://people.debian.org/~luther/gaudenz. One is the : kernel-image-2.4.22-powerpc-small-pmac_2.4.22 package, which contain both the vmlinux and the .coff kernel, the other is the : kernel-modules-2.4.22-powerpc-small_2.4.22 package whihc contain the modules built for the above kernel. Try them out, and if you manage to boot them with miboot or something such, then i will make a full build tomorrow again, and upload those, altough they will be hold in NEW for some time. Note : CCing to debian-boot and debian-powerpc, so someone with oldworld hardware can give miboot booting with them a try and report back. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
