[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] API: Optimize signature searching scheme in the glue layer.
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Aug 4 14:50:20 CEST 2008
In message <12178539203180-git-send-email-raj at semihalf.com> you wrote:
> De-hard code the range in RAM we search for API signature, which might not be
> uniform accross architectures and board configurations. Instead use current
> global_data pointer as a hint to narrow down the range the [malloc'ed] signature
> could reside.
Which is the exact rationale of this? Note that the GD pointer can
point basicly anywhere - some part of dual ported RAM, SRAM, OCM, ...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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