> It's actually a relatively annoying limit, as various boxen's MP tables
> ACPI tables etc. etc. are well above 8MB. At some point one of us should
> quash that issue permanently and dynamically map the things. IIRC Linux
> needs NUMA-Q boxen to get lynxers reflashed to move MP tables below 8MB
> to boot atm. mbligh can more accurate describe the pain involved there.
> As for the bzImage, don't bother supporting excess bloat.
One of these days, I just need to make it remap the MPS tables with
set_fixmap instead, would be a damned sight easier. Was quicker just
to hack the firmware at the time, but it's not the RightThingToDo.
M.
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