[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc: add support for the Freescale P1022DS reference board

[Scott Wood]

On 05/27/2010 02:07 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Scott Wood wrote:
>
>> Passing the actual, known size of RAM (why guess when we know?) as "maxsize"
>> should eliminate the machine check problem[1] -- you'd just be using it as a
>> not particularly exhaustive memory tester.  I don't see why it should be
>> mandatory.
>
> The purpose of get_ram_size() is to verify the "known size of RAM".  That
> is, once you think you know how much RAM there is, you ask get_ram_size() to
> verify that claim.

It would still (sort of) verify that you don't have less than you claim. 
  Attempting to experimentally determine whether you have more than you 
claim is dangerous.

-Scott