From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 20:42:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F57516A4CE; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:42:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF9743D31; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:42:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7OKg6Am031167; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:42:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7OKg50V083870; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:42:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7OKg5p9083869; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:42:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:42:05 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20040824204205.GA83854@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200408220624.i7M6OxAK010053@repoman.freebsd.org> <200408220940.18504.dfr@nlsystems.com> <200408241002.39948.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408241002.39948.jhb@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Marcel Moolenaar cc: Doug Rabson cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha Makefile.inc src/sys/boot/ficl Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:42:08 -0000 On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:02:39AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote.. > On Sunday 22 August 2004 04:40 am, Doug Rabson wrote: > > On Sunday 22 August 2004 07:24, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > marcel 2004-08-22 06:24:59 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/boot/alpha Makefile.inc > > > sys/boot/ficl Makefile > > > Log: > > > Part 2 of fixing the boot code: gcc 3.4 fixes. > > > > > > The whole problem seems to be size. Which is odd, because it is > > > said that size doesn't matter. Anyway... Add -Os to strategic places > > > in the makefile to have the final loader be as mall as possible. This > > > seems to be enough to make it work. For now... I think something is > > > more fundamentally wrong; or something more fundamental is wrong. > > > Potato, potaato. > > > > Size does matter for the alpha loader. The firmware gives it 256k of > > address space which we overflowed many years ago. I extended it in > > sys/boot/alpha/common/main.c:extend_heap() by adding 512k to the > > loader's mapped address space. It might be necessary to extend it a bit > > further. > > That would just require bumping the XTRA_PAGES constant up, yes? Maybe we > could bump it to 96 to add 768k for a total of 1m? The i386 loader has to > fit into ~600kb including stack and heap, so hopefully 1m would be enough > room for Alpha. :) Well, it works now (the loader) so I would like to see this defered to post-5.3. Or experiment in -current to your hearts desire of course ;) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org