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

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20070704083514.GM25364 at pengutronix.de> you wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 09:36:03AM -0600, Grant Likely 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.
> 
> Can you elaborate the use case for that scenario?

Assume you have a board that comes with either 32 or 64 MB of RAM. At
the moment, U-Boot always relocates to the end of the RAM, i. e.  you
have  some  31+  resp.  63+  MB free contiguous RAM to load an OS and
application images etc.

If you use a static link address you would always relocate U-Boot
below the 32 MB limit. 

Now explain to a customer with a  64  MB  RAM  configuration  why  he
cannot load a ramdisk image of 33 MB...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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