From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26657 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2006 08:50:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 26648 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Jun 2006 08:50:50 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net (HELO anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net) (194.217.242.89) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:50:46 +0000 Received: from calivar.demon.co.uk ([83.104.54.243] helo=xl5.calivar.com) by anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1FsbwI-0005EY-3E; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:50:27 +0000 Received: from xl5.calivar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xl5.calivar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E257A908; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:50:25 +0100 (BST) To: "Marcin Chrusciel" Cc: References: <4833790BBC8C1748ABE1E781F17425F30E572C@citexchange.cit.be> From: Nick Garnett Original-Sender: nickg@ecoscentric.com Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:50:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4833790BBC8C1748ABE1E781F17425F30E572C@citexchange.cit.be> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot available RAM X-SW-Source: 2006-06/txt/msg00174.txt.bz2 "Marcin Chrusciel" writes: > Laurie, > > Yesterday I tried your tip, but it didn't help in my case. I will > explain how I do it: > > I take i386 Realtek template, choose redboot in packages, then I go to > eCos HAL -> i386 architecture -> I check Load into higher memory (I > accept solutions for conflicts) and then I go for Startup type - I > change it for floppy and I get a conflict that I should use GRUB, but I > discard a solution so it stays Floppy. It builds fine and image starts > properly but still the same amount of available RAM appears (about 64k) > > Any ideas??? Thanx;) FLOPPY startup will only load into the bottom 640K and will only use memory in that area. It is really only intended for use with RedBoot, although applications that can live in 640K will work too. To run applications above 1M either load RAM startup applications with a FLOPPY RedBoot, use a GRUB-loaded RedBoot to load them, or load the application directly using a GRUB startup type. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss