[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc: add support for the Freescale P1022DS reference board

Timur Tabi
2010-05-27T18:25:38Z

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Do you think this is an unreasonable request? A quick fix takes me
> less than it takes to write this email (see following patch).

Fixing get_ram_size() is not a quick fix. We would need to implement a
temporary TLB mechanism for accessing memory above 2GB, and a machine check
handler for handling memory access to non-existent RAM.

>>> If this turns out to be a real problem, we have to fix get_ram_size to
>>> handle bigger memory sizes as well. I guess this will needed for more
>>> and more systems.
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Well, didn't you say you were looking for a list of task to imrpove
> U-Boot for your boards?

True. But I also want to get real work done in a timely manner. It's
taking a lot longer than I expected to get support for this board approved.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale