Re: [PATCH] MIPS: fix memory reservation for non-usermem setups

Mike Rapoport
2021-03-17T06:36:53Z

Hi Ilya,

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:10:09PM -0700, Ilya Lipnitskiy wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 7:19 AM Thomas Bogendoerfer
> <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 11:40:30AM -0800, Ilya Lipnitskiy wrote:
> > > From: Tobias Wolf <dev-NTEO@vplace.de>
> > >
> > > Commit 67a3ba25aa95 ("MIPS: Fix incorrect mem=X@Y handling") introduced a new
> > > issue for rt288x where "PHYS_OFFSET" is 0x0 but the calculated "ramstart" is
> > > not. As the prerequisite of custom memory map has been removed, this results
> > > in the full memory range of 0x0 - 0x8000000 to be marked as reserved for this
> > > platform.
> >
> > and where is the problem here ?
> Turns out this was already attempted to be upstreamed - not clear why
> it wasn't merged. Context:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mips/6504517.U6H5IhoIOn@loki/
>
> I hope the thread above helps you understand the problem.

The memory initialization was a bit different then. Do you still see the
same problem?

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.