[U-Boot-Users] post memory test

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <473D9B54.1010304 at tqs.de> you wrote:
>
> > As an example look at initdram() in board/Marvell/db64460/sdram_init.c
> > where the platform uses Block Address Translations (BATs) to map RAM
> > but exhausts these pretty scarce ressources and limits itself to
> > mapping only the first 256MB (a usual limit for a BAT).
> 
> So it is possible to overlay the function memory_post_test() by a
> board specific routine, which may cover almost all RAM?

Everything is possible - this is software, so anything can be done.
You can even make pigs fly. But not everything does make sense.

> BTW, is it possible to overlay _all_ POST routines by board specific
> routines?

It could be done, but I consider it a very, very bad idea.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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