From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>,
linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org,
Grant Erickson <gerickson@nuovations.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:05:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081125210502.92402834B020@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b5e2fc790811251131g63ea9444x57ec0829ca0b069e@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Matt,
In message <b5e2fc790811251131g63ea9444x57ec0829ca0b069e@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> There is also no reason you can't hard-code the locations into the device
> tree, to support older U-Boots that don't know about
> /chosen/linux,log-metadata and /chosen/linux,log-buffer*.
Actually there is such reason - U-Boot traditionally allocates the log
buffer close to the upper end of system memory, so the start address
depends on the memory size on the board, which may vary.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-25 21:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 18:34 [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages Grant Erickson
2008-11-25 18:53 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 18:55 ` Josh Boyer
2008-11-25 19:01 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 19:04 ` Grant Erickson
2008-11-25 19:31 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 19:51 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-11-25 20:07 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:17 ` Grant Likely
2008-11-25 20:46 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:19 ` Bill Gatliff
2008-11-25 20:54 ` David VomLehn
2008-11-25 21:45 ` David Brownell
2008-11-26 20:57 ` Matt Sealey
2008-11-25 20:14 ` Grant Likely
2008-11-25 21:05 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2008-11-26 1:23 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-01-07 0:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-01-07 2:11 ` Grant Erickson
2009-01-07 2:11 ` Grant Erickson
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