[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc/lib/board.c: Call run_post(POST_ROM) before relocating
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sun Oct 23 22:58:09 CEST 2011
Dear Bernhard Kaindl,
In message <1318759628-10668-1-git-send-email-bernhard.kaindl at gmx.net> you wrote:
> From: Bernhard Kaindl <bernhard.kaindl at thalesgroup.com>
>
> The call to run_post(POST_ROM) which can run the POST memory test
> is currently called too late when gd has already been copied to DRAM.
>
> This results in failure to boot Linux after a POST_ROM memory test
> tested all RAM while gd was already relocated to DRAM due to gd being
> overwritten by the POST_ROM memory test.
>
> Support this by moving the call to run_post(POST_ROM) to run earlier,
> before U-Boot has started to move data to DRAM (from late board_init_f
> to early board_init_f) where DRAM is initialized, but not used yet.
>
> This allows that an POST memory test can test the whole DRAM,
> including the area where the board info struct is located.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Kaindl <bernhard.kaindl at thalesgroup.com>
> Cc: Pieter Voorthuijsen <pieter.voorthuijsen at prodrive.nl>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/lib/board.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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