[U-Boot] [PATCH] UBI: Add compile-time check for correct malloc area configuration

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Thu Jun 4 16:58:01 CEST 2009


UBI is quite memory greedy and requires at least approx. 512k of malloc
area. This patch adds a compile-time check, so that boards will not
build with less memory reserved for this area (CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index f4b01a9..4f50b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 #include <ubi_uboot.h>
 #include "ubi.h"
 
+#if (CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN < (512 << 10))
+#error Malloc area too small for UBI, increase CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN to >= 512k
+#endif
+
 /* Maximum length of the 'mtd=' parameter */
 #define MTD_PARAM_LEN_MAX 64
 
-- 
1.6.3.2



More information about the U-Boot mailing list