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From: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: mx6: Remove the FDT loading address to avoid overlaping
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:53:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5295A513.5000405@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP9ODKqvVr1=rfih765it6yJ6TON1SUo=Z=87_Pyg-G8TPZPJg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Otavio,

On 26/11/2013 13:16, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> I'm going to suggest this is the wrong path.  Once you see i.MX systems
>> with > 768MB DDR you're going to have initrd/fdt placed into memory
>> Linux can't access without HIGHMEM on, and you need the FDT before then.
> 
> I didn't catch this case but it is a valid problem, indeed :-(

I missed this issue, too :-(

Does it work with your patch ? Most supported i.MX6 boards have more as
768MB, and I am wondering that all kernels can boot.

> 
> Fabio/Stefano what is your call here? I think moving it to 128MB is
> good for now.

Yes, it seems this becomes our choice.

Best regards,
Stefano

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-27  7:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-26 11:06 [U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: mx6: Remove the FDT loading address to avoid overlaping Otavio Salvador
2013-11-26 12:11 ` Tom Rini
2013-11-26 12:16   ` Otavio Salvador
2013-11-27  7:53     ` Stefano Babic [this message]
2013-11-27 11:03       ` Otavio Salvador
2013-11-29  0:35       ` Dennis Gilmore
2013-12-04 18:08         ` Tom Rini
2013-11-29  2:42       ` Dennis Gilmore

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