[U-Boot] [PATCH 07/11] Allow setting CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS to a larger value

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 25 23:38:29 CEST 2011


Dear rogan at dawes.za.net,

In message <1300435500-4909-8-git-send-email-rogan at dawes.za.net> you wrote:
> From: rogan at dawes.za.net <rogan at dawes.za.net>
> 
> This allows us to match the exact behaviour of the vendor U-boot in the kernel boot logs

Please note that the behaviour of some out of tree port is not exactly
a criterion for how U-Boot should behave.

Could you please describe what exactly you consider wrong witrh the
current implementation?

> --- a/common/memsize.c
> +++ b/common/memsize.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ long get_ram_size(volatile long *base, long maxsize)
>  	long           size;
>  	int            i = 0;
>  
> +	if (base == -1)
> +		return 0;
> +

You should never call get_ram_size() with invalid parameters in the
first place.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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