[U-Boot-Users] MMU and Linux kernel booting

[llandre]

Hi all,

I have a couple of questions regarding the MMU.
I'm working with a custom hardware based on Cirrus Logic EP9315 processor.
As the on-chip SDRAM controller is unable to map the memory in
contiguous regions, I have to use the MMU to do that.
On the other hand Linux requires that MMU is off when it boots
(http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/booting.php).
1) In my understanding the function cleanup_before_linux 
(cpu/arm920t/cpu.c) is supposed to
perform this opearation but it does not. Is this the right place to turn 
MMU off?
2) The second questions refers to memory tags. They should describe _physical_
mapping, right? If this is correct, the bd->bi_dram fields should be extended
in order to describe both physical and virtual regions. Does it make sense?



Thanks in advance,

llandre

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