[U-Boot-Users] U-Boot-NG ?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <fa686aa40707030836r565db1e8hc2beead79034828e at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > If you do not use statically initialized pointer on startup and running
> > at the link address after startup, you do not need to fixup anything.
> 
> ... assuming that the u-boot design goal is changed to use a static
> relocation address instead of the detected end of RAM.

No, this has not been changed, and I will fight hard  to  keep  this.
Actually  I'm  trying  hard  to get this fixed for the non-conforming
architectured (ARM, MIPS, ...) which I consider broken.

> It's not a matter of making use of all the additional memory; it's
> more a matter of not having an unaccessable region in the middle of
> the RAM block.  There are a *lot* of different board configurations
> and a lot of different complex systems that load more than just a
> linux kernel.

ACK. And there are even systems which don't run Linux at all.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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