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From: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Current u-boot memory mapping
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:13:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121029181306.GE15691@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121027111700.GB30536@crg>

On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 08:17:00PM +0900, RgC wrote:

[snip]
> My understanding is that after relocation no area between the bottom
> and the top of RAM is reserved. We can use it freely. Is this correct?

Basically, yes.  You can use 'bdinfo' to see what / where things are
being used at run-time.

> If writing to the the "free area" in RAM results in crashing u-boot
> then there is problem in the relocation procedure or a possible linker
> script problem.

Well, it depends on how you trigger that crash.  If you're writing near
where U-Boot is running you can overwrite yourself pretty easily.  If
you aren't, then are you sure you've configured your memory controller
correctly?

-- 
Tom
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-27 11:17 [U-Boot] Current u-boot memory mapping RgC
2012-10-29 18:13 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2012-10-31 21:49   ` RgC

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