That's, what, 5MB of space? It seems to me we have it backwards -- legacy should be the default, and folks on newer hardware can apt-get install the "non-legacy" kernel if they want to free up 5mb of physical memory. Or am I missing something?
Matthew W. S. Bell wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 00:32 +0100, Matthew W. S. Bell wrote: > >> Well, I still don't entirely know what the -legacy package is for nor >> what constitutes an "Alpha Legacy Machine". Looking at the linux-2.6 >> Debian changelog it appears it may be something to do with MILO. >> > > Further investigation eventually reveals that the only change in the > kernels is the CONFIG_ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS. This option has the > following help: > - > The 2.4 kernel changed the kernel start address from 0x310000 to > 0x810000 to make room for the Wildfire's larger SRM console. Recent > consoles on Titan and Marvel machines also require the extra room. > > If you're using aboot 0.7 or later, the bootloader will examine the ELF > headers to determine where to transfer control. Unfortunately, most > older bootloaders -- APB or MILO -- hardcoded the kernel start address > rather than examining the ELF headers, and the result is a hard lockup. > > Say Y if you have a broken bootloader. Say N if you do not, or if `you > wish to run on Wildfire, Titan, or Marvel. > - > > Hopefully this should be informative enough for the creation of some > explanatory prose for -legacy and -generic. > > Matthew > > > -- Brian Szymanski email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: xbrianskix cell: +1 202 747 4019 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: xbrianskix Ex cibus merda
