[U-Boot] 83xx fails to boot with moderately sized kernels

[Joakim Tjernlund]

Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com> wrote on 2010/09/13 21:21:33:
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:19:34 +0200
> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Dear "Ira W. Snyder",
> > >
> > > In message <20100910181022.GA18510 at ovro.caltech.edu> you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Would you prefer a patch only for the MPC8349EMDS, or should I try and
> > > > convert the other boards too? How should I know which boards are safe?
> > > > Grep for CONFIG_E300?
> > >
> > > I think we should try and update all boards where this applies. I'm
> > > not sure, but my wild guess is that this means all processors except
> > > 40x and 8xx (probably 5xx as well, but AFAICT there is no Linux
> > > available for these anyway, so it does not matter).
> >
> > I think 8xx can be fixed quite easily to do 16 MB if needed. Probably
> > won't be needed though.
>
> Actually, I got a complaint a while ago (I think it was Ben H) about
> problems with large kernels with debugging options on 8xx.

I see. I think the fix is basically enable pinned TLBs. Then a much
bigger area will be mapped. Did they try that?

 Jocke