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Re: Re 0.9.0c / Test status of Netboot 0.9.0d



Hello,

Roland Rohde <roro@artificial-organs.de> wrote:
> the dc21x4 packet driver is only 36 kB, mem /c says about 45 kB in
> memory.
> So it should be zipped.

Not necessarily. It is possible that the driver allocates more memory for
it's internal buffers than it's load size.

> Anyway, without an entry for min  a n d  max, netboot stopped while
> initializing the
> driver. I tried 30 000 and 80 000 and it run - until tftping. Then it
> stopped with the
> same symptoms that Mike Hammer described.

You should try to set both min and max to at least 47kB, given your
above mentioned "mem /c" output. min should only be smaller than max,
if the driver really shrinks after getting loaded.

gero.

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