On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:38:18PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > a few years ago... > > Fortunately, system size is still important for some applications. Witness the > existence of a System Size Working Group in the CE Linux Forum. So yes, some > people still care. All but one of the new MIPS systems I got in the past years support memory sizes in the GB range ... > > The Cobalt case is special; it's firmware could almost be the definition > > of the term crap ... > > Can't you use the firmware to load a second stage booter, which can load > larger kernels? That would be possible - but would still leave all the other limitations of the original firmware such as not supporting netboots. Peter Horten seem to have worked on something better. Ralf
