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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2006-06-26 13:56:25 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-26 10:48:15 -0700
commit3c5846470c30580bbcb4d5f2339f75a2c88cfe6e (patch)
tree1aa3622ede1d72be42ab6707a79cf1ab033ffc87 /arch
parent0c90bb87730613709e65c03c86d614e31a675d4f (diff)
[PATCH] x86_64: x86_64-enable-large-bzImage.patch
enable large bzImages on x86_64. (fix is from x86's build.c) Using this patch i have successfully built and booted an allyesconfig 13MB+ bzImage on x86_64 too: $ size64 vmlinux text data bss dec hex filename 23444831 8202642 3439360 35086833 21761f1 vmlinux -rw-rw-r-- 1 mingo mingo 13121740 Apr 19 09:32 arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
index c44f5e2ec10..eae86691709 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -149,10 +149,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
sz = sb.st_size;
fprintf (stderr, "System is %d kB\n", sz/1024);
sys_size = (sz + 15) / 16;
- /* 0x40000*16 = 4.0 MB, reasonable estimate for the current maximum */
- if (sys_size > (is_big_kernel ? 0x40000 : DEF_SYSSIZE))
- die("System is too big. Try using %smodules.",
- is_big_kernel ? "" : "bzImage or ");
+ if (!is_big_kernel && sys_size > DEF_SYSSIZE)
+ die("System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.");
while (sz > 0) {
int l, n;