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From:   David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: 1 GB RAM with RM9000 SOC
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Anoop P.A. wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Thanks for the info. In which version of LMO kernel , I could find your
> working source ?.
> 

I think it was added in 2.6.29

David Daney


> Thanks
> Anoop
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Daney [mailto:ddaney@caviumnetworks.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:45 PM
>> To: Anoop P.A.
>> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
>> Subject: Re: 1 GB RAM with RM9000 SOC
>>
>> Anoop P.A. wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any of you successfully used >512MB ram with MIPS SOC's.
>> Does Cavium Octeon count as a MIPS SOC?  If so, then yes.
>>
>> I have many boards with both 2GB and 4GB.  All of them Linux just fine
>> when using all available RAM.
>>
>>> I have a
>>> requirement where I have to use 1 GB ram with RM9000 based SOC.
>>>
>>> I have enabled 64 Bit support and so far it is working with 512 MB
> of
>>> RAM. How ever if I increase memory beyond 512MB I am getting kernel
>>> panic.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  I am adding memory region from 0x00 add_memory_region(0 ,0x40000000
> ,
>>> BOOT_MEM_RAM). (PMON maps RAM from 0x0 to 0x40000000)  Am I wrong
> here?
>>>
>>>
>>> It will be great if you can give some suggestion /point me to a
> working
>>> implementation. I am using 2.6.18 kernel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Anoop
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 
>