Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:09:51 +0100 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha Makefile.inc src/sys/boot/ficl Makefile Message-ID: <200408250809.51769.dfr@nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <200408241002.39948.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200408220624.i7M6OxAK010053@repoman.freebsd.org> <200408220940.18504.dfr@nlsystems.com> <200408241002.39948.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tuesday 24 August 2004 15:02, 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. :) I think it should be harmless to increase XTRA_PAGES although I'm not exactly certain that this was the real cause of the recent loader changes (it just seemed plausible). I also can't quite remember whether we manage to reclaim the loader's memory and give it back to the VM system after boot.home | help
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