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on 09/17/2007 10:12 PM Dereck Martin wrote the following: |
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> I have been running gentoo on a sparc64 since 2004.0 or 2005.0 release. |
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> I know it isn't sparc32, but unless you have some dire need to run a |
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> 2.4 kernel I would suggest running a 2.6 kernel. |
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The kernel size problem is described here: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.1/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=7 |
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Quote: |
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When you're done configuring your kernel, continue with Compiling and |
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Installing. However, after having compiled the kernel, check its size: |
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# ls -lh vmlinux |
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.4M Oct 25 14:38 vmlinux |
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If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 2.5 MB (for Sparc32) or 3.5 MB |
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(for Sparc64), reconfigure your kernel until it doesn't exceed these |
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limits. One way of accomplishing this is by having most kernel drivers |
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compiled as modules. Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting kernel. |
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Also, if your kernel is just a tad too big, you can try stripping it |
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using the strip command: |
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# strip -R .comment -R .note vmlinux |
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