On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:20:42PM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > >>The 2.6 kernel netboot image I build for sparc32 > >>is larger then 270,000,000 bytes. > > It's fixed but not uploaded pending a possible fix for udiv versioning > that mistakenly taints the kernel. The problem is that we don't use the > btfix'd System.map and the position of the _end symbol is wrong. The > netboot image is really a sparse file. > > Not that the image actually works, in the end. esp goes haywire during > the base system install and I need a second serial console or something > to track what is going on. > > And could you please stop poking holes in sparc stuff, which > coincidentally turned out to be in a huge state of flux when you started > chiming in with your relentless questions? I'll tell you when everything > should be stable... > > I mean, I am definitely welcoming comaintenance, but you have to be > wildly familiar with all the shortcomings of d-i on sparc now.
Where can one read more about the shortcomings of d-i on sparc? Hints on a polite way to say "sparc32 2.6 netboot.img too large" are also welcome. Cheers Geert Stappers
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