From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones) Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 16:18:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: ux500: Enable HIGHMEM in the u8540 defconfig In-Reply-To: <38058740.G1EqTG95pA@wuerfel> References: <1370010272-25520-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <1370010272-25520-2-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <38058740.G1EqTG95pA@wuerfel> Message-ID: <20130531151850.GC12488@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, 31 May 2013, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Friday 31 May 2013 15:24:32 Lee Jones wrote: > > In order to utilise all of the memory located on ux500 based devices > > we have to enable HIGHMEM. Without it the kernel truncates memory down > > to what's left after the PAGE_OFFSET has been applied, which doesn't > > leave an awful lot, especially if we're running large rootfs' such > > as full Linux desktop distributions or Android. > > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones > > How much memory do those devices have? Enabling HIGHMEM is quite expensive. Another 1GB. > > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c > > index 5439925..808be06 100644 > > --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c > > +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c > > You should probably resend the patch without the second half that got > in it by accident. I did already, thanks. -- Lee Jones Linaro ST-Ericsson Landing Team Lead Linaro.org ? Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog