cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha Makefile.inc src/sys/boot/ficl Makefile

[John Baldwin]

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. :)

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