From: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:06:28 +0100
> David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The problem is that for the non-virtualized case this patch bloats up > > the BSS section to be more than 8MB in size. Sparc64 kernel images > > cannot be more than 8MB in size total due to various boot loader and > > firmware limitations. > > I recently ran into a similar problem with x86-64 and large BSS from > lockdep conflicting with a 16MB kdump kernel. Solution was to do > another early allocator before bootmem and then move the tables into > there. Yes, I've run into similar problems with lockdep as well. I had to build an ultra minimalized kernel to get it to boot on my Niagara boxes. I think I even looked at the same lockdep code, and I'd appreciate it if you'd submit your fix for this if you haven't already. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
