Re: INIT_MMAP on sparc64

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:24:53 -0700 (PDT)


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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