[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] mx51evk: support new relocation scheme

Heiko Schocher hs at denx.de
Tue Oct 26 10:40:30 CEST 2010


Hello Stefano,

Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 10/26/2010 10:25 AM, Heiko Schocher wrote:
>> Hello Stefano,
>>
>> Stefano Babic wrote:
>>> On 10/26/2010 10:05 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
>>>> Hi Stefano,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:
>>>>> On 10/25/2010 05:14 PM, Shawn Guo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> +#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE        PHYS_SDRAM_1
>>>>>> +#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR      (IRAM_BASE_ADDR + 0x1000)
>>>>> What is the meaning of the offset at 0x1000 ? Is there something at
>>>>> IRAM_BASE_ADDR ?
>>>>>
>>>> I thought CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR is assigned to stack pointer (sp)
>>>> which decrease the address.  Is it not the case?
>>>>
>>> Yes, my doubt is due to the fact that we do not set the SP at the end of
>>> the IRAM and we set it to an arbitrary address in between.
>> We should set the CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR @ (IRAM_BASE_ADDR + IRAM_BASE_SIZE
>> - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
> 
> Agree, this is what I set for the vision2 board. We should be consistent
> and do the same for the mx51evk.

Yep.

>> Don;t know if IRAM_BASE_SIZE exists ...
> 
> we must define it. I set it in the board configuration file, but it is
> wrong. The value should be moved into register definition file for the
> SoC (imx-regs.h)

Full-Ack. This is a SoC define, not board dependend.

bye,
Heiko
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