[U-Boot-Users] ppc4xx: [PATCH] ML507 Board Support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jul 17 10:25:59 CEST 2008


In message <200807170831.57309.sr at denx.de> you wrote:
>
> > +phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
> > +{
> > +	return 256 * 1024 * 1024;
> > +}
> 
> How about at least defining this SDRAM size in the board header and using it 
> here:
> 
> board_foo.h:
> #define CFG_MBYTES_SDRAM        256

No. All boards, especially all PowerPC boards, should use dynamic
memory size detection.

There is no reason to hard-wire the size.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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