Linux under 8MB

Hi all, For the last couple of days, I have been trying to set up linux kernel under 8MB. So far I have set up a linux 2.4.31, which just works under 8MB. However, I would be grateful if someone could help with the following queries a) Is linux2.4 just the right option? Wha

Re: Question On TSS

Never mind, I was missing something really simple. On 4/15/05, Imanpreet Arora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am a bit confused about the TSS. The documentation says that it > includes 3 fields SS0, SS1 and SS2 for privilige levels 0, 1, 2 > respectively. And a

Question On TSS

Hello, I am a bit confused about the TSS. The documentation says that it includes 3 fields SS0, SS1 and SS2 for privilige levels 0, 1, 2 respectively. And are set up when a task is first created, I can't figure out why these fields are necessary. I think that these fileds are necessary when we hav

Re: Question on Scheduler activations

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:36:58 +0530, Hong Kong Phoey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RTFM On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:36:58 +0530, Hong Kong Phoey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RTFM I don't mind RTFM but do you care to provide the M. That is if you have any. -- Imanpreet Singh Arora - To unsubscribe

Question on Scheduler activations

Hello, I came across http://people.redhat.com/drepper/glibcthreads.html It seems to arouse a bit of confusion. _FIRST_ it says that scheduler activations are BAD. Then it delves on the possible implementation of Scheduler activations in Linux. Though I know that

Re: Question regarding thread_struct

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:28:42 -0500, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 22:57 +0530, Imanpreet Arora wrote: > > > This has been a doubt for a couple of days, and I am wondering if this > > one could also be cleared. When you say kernel

Re: Question regarding thread_struct

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:13:20 -0500, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 22:34 +0530, Imanpreet Arora wrote: > > > I am wondering if someone could provide information as to how > > thread_struct is kept in memory. Robert Love mentions th

Question regarding thread_struct

Hello I am wondering if someone could provide information as to how thread_struct is kept in memory. Robert Love mentions that it is kept at the "lowest" kernel address in case of x86 based platform. Could anyone answer these questions. a) When a stack is resized, is the thread_struc

Fwd: Help needed: GCOV - not getting HOW TO!!!

Hi guys, I got this mail from _someone_ asking me for help on /proc/gcov, I guess he did not know about lkml. Since I don't know about modules in linux. I thought of forwarding the mail on to you. -- Forwarded message -- From: prashanth M D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: We