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Re: [Xen-devel] RAMDISK: Image too big

To: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RAMDISK: Image too big
From: Marcus Hardt <marcus.hardt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:07:20 +0100
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Quoting Ian Pratt
> > > This is pretty odd. Are you able to build from source?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> Build from src by adding Linux-2.4 to the KERNELS line in the top-level
> Makefile, then 'make DEBUG=y world'.
>
> Next, add an early printk hack to linux 2.4 by edditing
> linux-2.4.29-xen0/kernel/printk.c to add the following call after the
> va_end:
>
>  HYPERVISOR_console_io(CONSOLEIO_write, sizeof(printk_buf), printk_buf)
>
> Then, 'make dist'.
>
> When you boot the kernel you should see kernel output much earlier on.

Well. I don't see more. I hope it's not due to that I changed printk before 
"make world" and not before "make dist".

I haven't seen anything on the serial console either.

I think I'd rather go on with the 2.6 kernel. Or any more hints?
-- 
Marcus


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