[U-Boot] [PATCH] omap3evm: Pass 'mem' argument to linux kernel

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Sep 28 20:47:56 CEST 2011


Dear Sanjeev Premi,

In message <1317122493-26452-1-git-send-email-premi at ti.com> you wrote:
> In absence of this argument, Linux kernel doesn't boot.
> 
> Default value has been set to 128M to ensure that
> Linux kernel boots on older EVMs as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sanjeev Premi <premi at ti.com>
> Cc: Sandeep Paulraj <s-paulraj at ti.com>
> ---

Why do we need to pass any mem= argument at all?  This should never be
necessary.  If it is, then this is a bug in the Linux kernel and needs
to be fixed there.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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