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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> How much RAM does the kernel take up?

Approximately 2mb.

> The Xvesa route is clearly not going to work in 3M RAM, 

Nor will seejpeg.

> I add things up to 2516 (2.5K) plus whatever RAM the 
> kernel uses, 

That comes to more than 4mb.

> So in theory it should be possible to go online and browse 
> and display one 640x480 image at a time with BL3 and links.  

Your theory ignores the RAM occupied by the kernel (which is
not swapable).  

Cheers,
Steven