Re: APUS Debian Boot-Floppies Images and bugs

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 09:28:01PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> > Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > > I am trying to understand why...
> > > > For an 880k floppy the space problem makes impossible to do it.
> > > > But i wish to be contraddicted... :))
> > >=20
> > > Well, we could split the kernel in 2 and join it in ram: before lau=
nching
> > > it. Or we could try for a less than 880Ko modular kernel, but i hav=
e not big
> > > hopes on this one.
> >=20
> > I am experimenting, and it looks promising. I basically moved everyth=
ing
> > except video and disk drivers to modules and here's what it gives so =
far:
> >=20
> > michdaen@pismo> gzip -cv9 vmlinux > vmapus.gz               ~/src/apu=
s-cvs/2.4
> > vmlinux:		 60.1%
> > michdaen@pismo> ll vmapus.gz                                ~/src/apu=
s-cvs/2.4
> > -rw-r--r--    1 michdaen src        888321 May 16 19:49 vmapus.gz
> > michdaen@pismo> du -k vmapus.gz                             ~/src/apu=
s-cvs/2.4
> > 868	vmapus.gz
> >=20
> > Is this small enough? I guess I could squeeze out a few more K...
>=20
> Probably not yet.
>=20
> > Do we need support for foreign partition maps?
>=20
> Not for installation.
>=20
> > Do the fbcon packed pixels modules work?
>=20
> Yes, but only for modular drivers.
>=20
> I'd say include fbcon-afb (amifb), fbcon-cfb8 (gfx cards) and fbcon-cfb=
16
> (gfx cards with amiboot -v).
>=20
> You don't need fbcon-ilbm since amifb doesn't need it unless you use
> video=3Damifb:ilbm.
>=20
> You don't need fbcon-mfb since amifb will fallback to fbcon-afb/fbcon-i=
lbm for
> depth 1 when fbcon-mfb is not available.
>=20
> You don't need fbcon-cfb24 and fbcon-cf32 since no one wants to run an =
install
> console in those depths anyway. I don't think you need it for half-supp=
orted
> gfx cards with amiboot -v, only depth 16.

Also do you have pm2fb and co in there ? maybe this 880 ko kernels would =
be
only for aga, this way we have only 1 possible video=3D mode in the amibo=
ot
script. Other modes can be choosen later on.

Friendly,

Sven Luther