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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!lynx!random.ccs.northeastern.edu!news From: jtsilla@dec5200b.ccs.northeastern.edu (James Tsillas) Subject: Re: [NetBSD] Kernel problems... In-Reply-To: bouyer@bsd10.ensta.fr's message of 23 Jun 1993 15: 29:00 GMT Message-ID: <JTSILLA.93Jun23125225@dec5200b.ccs.northeastern.edu> Sender: news@random.ccs.northeastern.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: dec5200b.ccs.northeastern.edu Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA References: <2030vf$ml2@news.ysu.edu> <207cp5INNbvb@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <209srs$a3s@ensta.ensta.fr> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 17:52:25 GMT Lines: 17 The current version of the GNU ld program will allow creation of "holes" in the link map of the type you need. You will need to modify the bootstrap code to look for the alternate text and data sections so that it can load the image to the upper memory. If anyone knows how to do the second part - I'd be glad in helping with the first. We can also try to take advantage of certain chipsets to use the RAM which "shadows" certain areas between 640k and 1024k and use the memory. -Jim. -- *** James Tsillas jtsilla@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu *** *** Work: (508)898-2800, Home: (617)641-0513 *** *** "He is after me. Jim is after him." *** *** - Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss ***