The structure of the set
C
\mathcal {C}
of solutions of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem
Δ
u
+
λ
e
u
=
0
\Delta u + \lambda {e^u} = 0
under Dirichlet condition in a simply connected bounded domain
Ω
\Omega
is studied. Through the idea of parametrizing the solutions
(
u
,
λ
)
(u,\,\lambda )
in terms of
s
=
λ
∫
Ω
e
u
d
x
s = \lambda \,\int _\Omega {{e^u}\,dx}
, some profile of
C
\mathcal {C}
is illustrated when
Ω
\Omega
is star-shaped. Finally, the connectivity of the branch of Weston-Moseley’s large solutions to that of minimal ones is discussed.