From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751873AbYLHJAg (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 04:00:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751066AbYLHJAY (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 04:00:24 -0500 Received: from web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com ([202.165.102.72]:22535 "HELO web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750707AbYLHJAY (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 04:00:24 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.cn; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=0JTj21RPqvMuwDC7kfp/L8NWmoMui5G0Dk+ca96Xpy0bKDnMLpflDmMGq4C2/RIe4Fs5v37iVDgra9JYFRLh0oq2jLkC7pq0/nFoipVffyI2rKut1gDyZ5XgUUoeaGcyDjQP5MXJ9Hcdqk02c31DG4MNtMFg3A9/6DTsl+1wTRc=; X-YMail-OSG: uFRBnqkVM1l1S_gc3gDRiwwAmuSQdVjTxAK3NZaVrqaOvsUZ8Dk7jk7X5CcX93DAIjAIHWZGXCzZyo8Jk1_g0cqDY79iNFJ657hdZEXSNMST5pbtxb9wbTchWhoOxTuu2qPa1RHxEiDLsBNLD0gzEQcGZ_pFpQ.d3ctYudhCn09a6EY- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:00:20 +0800 (CST) From: peter meng Reply-To: mengsanshui@yahoo.com.cn Subject: question about the size of zImage To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <487368.30651.qm@web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org HI, I got the information that the maximum kernel size after decompression is 4M . from http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWLINUX/files/booting_article.html#d0e416 I knew this information is incorrect in new kernel . I get the info is the maximum kernel size after decompression is 4x zImage from linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S . 1. I want to know whether all architecture has similar soft-limit or hard-limit ? 2. Does kernel has hard-limit size of kernel ? Thanks Advanced Best Regards. Peter Meng