[flashboot] Does the "TODO" still apply? - Problem with kernel > 16 Mb?

[Johan Ryberg]

Then I suggest that we removes that "TODO" since it only creates
questions and uncertainty

// Johan

2011/10/10 Rickard Dahlstrand <rd at tilde.se>:
> Hi,
>
> I have never personally seen this issue, at that time it was uncommon, and now it might not even be an issue any more. I assume that if anyone has an issue with some HW, they will let us know.
>
> Rickard.
>
> 9 okt 2011 kl. 13.25 skrev Johan Ryberg:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> According to TODO:
>> [snip]
>> load kernels as 16Mb
>> - will avoid isadma problems
>> - need to modify kernel and boot loader
>> [/snip]
>>
>> Does any one has the status of this? I have not spent a single thought
>> about this during my work since all my test has worked and we are now
>> building a kernel that are 48 Mb in size and I have not found a single
>> downside yet and I have tested Flashboot on Soekris 4801, Virtual Box,
>> misc laptops and custom made computers. They all boot and works as
>> expected.
>>
>> Maybe never versions of the boot loader that we are using today don't
>> have this limit and this TODO is some kind of forgotten note that just
>> should be deleted?
>>
>> // Johan
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