Re: INIT_MMAP on sparc64

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 18:24:53 EST


   From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
   Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:18:38 -0400 (EDT)

           Why man ! , Alpha does not have this limit ? Why Sparc ?

It has to do with a combination of what OBP guarentees the boot
loader and limitations within the boot signature.

It would require a lot of SILO and kernel work to eliminate.

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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