Re: VM_AREA size

[H. Peter Anvin]

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Mark Hounschell wrote:
>
> > What would the ramifications be of increasing VM_AREA size in
> > include/asm-i386/page.h from 128mb to 256mb. What would be the proper way to
> > increase this if the above isn't? 
>
> I think you mean __VMALLOC_RESERVE?  For the most part it's straightforward
> to bump it up.  _However_, that breaks boot loader assumptions about where
> to load initrd, causing mayhem in that case (and initramfs?).  That's
> second hand info: if I'm wrong or out-of-date, Peter is the authority
> and will correct me; or try Google VMALLOC_RESERVE boot.

I think it affects initramfs too.

It only affects boot loaders which don't support version 2.03 of the 
boot protocol; unfortunately that includes GRUB last I checked.

We really need a better dialog with the GRUB people, unfortunately at 
least I have unsuccessful in starting such a dialog.

GRUB, in particular, needs to report the boot loader ID they're using, 
plus support version 2.03 of the protocol.

	-hpa

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