Re: [ECOS] iPAQ RAM problem

[Craig Vanderborgh <craigv at voxware dot com>]

Hello Gary:

Could you possibly say a few more words about this, in particular
about the mechanism by which "Redboot tells Linux how much
RAM is available?"

Thanks in advance,
craig vanderborgh
voxware incorporated

Gary Thomas wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 16:38, Craig Vanderborgh wrote:
> > Hello All:
> >
> > I am trying to run Linux (kernel 2.4.16-rmk1) from Redboot.  I now
> > have the system booting up correctly and PCMCIA and other things
> > are working.  Unfortunately, Linux sees only 16MB of my H3760's
> > 64MB of RAM.  Is this a Redboot problem, or a Linux kernel issue?
> 
> Yes, RedBoot tells Linux how much RAM is available.
> 
> You can try rebuilding RedBoot to tell it you have 64MB.  You'll
> have to edit:
>   ecos/packages/hal/arm/sa11x0/ipaq/current/include/pkgconf/mlt_arm_sa11x0_ipaq_rom.h
>   ecos/packages/hal/arm/sa11x0/ipaq/current/include/pkgconf/mlt_arm_sa11x0_ipaq_rom.ldi
> 
> (the changes should be obvious and are left to the reader :-)
> 
> Note: I'd probably try this by building a RAM RedBoot first and make
> sure everything is kosher and then switch to ROM.  Of course, you'll
> end up editing the mlt...rom.* files.
> 
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