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

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:02:39AM -0400, 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. :)

Well, it works now (the loader) so I would like to see this defered to
post-5.3.  Or experiment in -current to your hearts desire of course ;)

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org