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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-sparc-disk.xml hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:30:38
Message-Id: E1HYCJE-0003iI-AS@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 07/04/02 02:30:16
2
3 Modified: hb-install-sparc-disk.xml
4 hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
5 Log:
6 no more sparc32 support
7
8 Revision Changes Path
9 1.17 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml
10
11 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?rev=1.17&view=markup
12 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/plain
13 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
14
15 Index: hb-install-sparc-disk.xml
16 ===================================================================
17 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v
18 retrieving revision 1.16
19 retrieving revision 1.17
20 diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
21 --- hb-install-sparc-disk.xml 14 Mar 2007 07:31:43 -0000 1.16
22 +++ hb-install-sparc-disk.xml 2 Apr 2007 02:30:16 -0000 1.17
23 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
24 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
25 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
26
27 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v 1.16 2007/03/14 07:31:43 nightmorph Exp $ -->
28 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-disk.xml,v 1.17 2007/04/02 02:30:16 nightmorph Exp $ -->
29
30 <sections>
31
32 @@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
33 <ti>&lt;2 GByte</ti>
34 <ti>/</ti>
35 <ti>
36 - Root partition. For sun4c, sun4d and sun4m systems, some PROMs require
37 - this partition to be less than 1 GBytes in size and the first
38 - partition on the disk.
39 + Root partition. For sparc64 systems with older OBP versions, this
40 + <e>must</e> be less than 2 GBytes in size, and the first partition on the
41 + disk.
42 </ti>
43 </tr>
44 <tr>
45
46
47
48 1.22 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
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50 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?rev=1.22&view=markup
51 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?rev=1.22&content-type=text/plain
52 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml?r1=1.21&r2=1.22
53
54 Index: hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml
55 ===================================================================
56 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v
57 retrieving revision 1.21
58 retrieving revision 1.22
59 diff -u -r1.21 -r1.22
60 --- hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml 2 Apr 2007 01:32:28 -0000 1.21
61 +++ hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml 2 Apr 2007 02:30:16 -0000 1.22
62 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
63 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
64 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
65
66 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v 1.21 2007/04/02 01:32:28 nightmorph Exp $ -->
67 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-sparc-kernel.xml,v 1.22 2007/04/02 02:30:16 nightmorph Exp $ -->
68
69 <sections>
70
71 @@ -236,16 +236,12 @@
72 </pre>
73
74 <p>
75 -If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 2.5 MB (for Sparc32) or 3.5 MB (for
76 -Sparc64), reconfigure your kernel until it doesn't exceed these limits. One way
77 -of accomplishing this is by having most kernel drivers compiled as modules.
78 -Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting kernel.
79 +If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 7.5 MB, reconfigure your kernel until
80 +it doesn't exceed these limits. One way of accomplishing this is by having most
81 +kernel drivers compiled as modules. Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting
82 +kernel.
83 </p>
84
85 -<note>
86 -If you use a 2.6.3 or higher kernel, sparc64 kernels can be up to 7.5 MB.
87 -</note>
88 -
89 <p>
90 Also, if your kernel is just a tad too big, you can try stripping it using the
91 <c>strip</c> command:
92 @@ -267,10 +263,6 @@
93 </p>
94
95 <pre caption="Compiling the kernel">
96 -<comment>(sparc32)</comment>
97 -# <i>make &amp;&amp; make modules_install</i>
98 -
99 -<comment>(sparc64)</comment>
100 # <i>make &amp;&amp; make image modules_install</i>
101 </pre>
102
103 @@ -281,10 +273,6 @@
104 </p>
105
106 <pre caption="Installing the kernel">
107 -<comment>(sparc32)</comment>
108 -# <i>cp arch/sparc/boot/image /boot/&lt;kernel-version&gt;</i>
109 -
110 -<comment>(sparc64)</comment>
111 # <i>cp arch/sparc64/boot/image /boot/&lt;kernel-version&gt;</i>
112 </pre>
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