[U-Boot] [PATCH] always relocate fdt into an lmb-allocated memory block

[Jerry Van Baren]

Hi Timur,

On 05/24/2010 04:10 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> The device tree (fdt) must always exist in within the bootmap (usually the
> first 16MB of RAM).  If it doesn't, then boot_relocate_fdt() will allocate an
> LMB region in the bootmap and copy the fdt into that region.  It will also
> increase the size of the fdt.
>
> If the fdt is already in the bootmap, then previously the memory was just
> reserved.  There was no contingency if the reservation failed, however.
>
> By always allocating an lmb region and copying/resizing the fdt into that
> region, the code is simplified and the memory region is always allocated
> properly.
>
> Also change the types of some variables to avoid some typecasts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi<timur at freescale.com>
                            ^
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> ---
>   common/image.c |   83 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
>   1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

I assume this is a "live" patch, and replaces the patch with the subject 
"libfdt: make fdt_increase_size() available to	everyone".  It looks like 
a good improvement to me and nobody threw any stones at it, so...

Acked-by: Gerald Van Baren <vanbaren at cideas.com>

[snip]

Best regards,
gvb