[U-Boot] [PATCH] common/image.c: align usage of fdt_high with initrd_high

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jan 5 16:11:31 CET 2012


Dear Shawn Guo,

In message <1325254347-17701-1-git-send-email-shawn.guo at linaro.org> you wrote:
> The commit message of a28afca (Add uboot "fdt_high" enviroment variable)
> states that fdt_high behaves similarly to the existing initrd_high.
> But fdt_high actually has an outstanding difference from initrd_high.
> The former specifies the start address, while the later specifies the
> end address.
> 
> As fdt_high and initrd_high will likely be used together, it'd be nice
> to have them behave same.  The patch changes the behavior of fdt_high
> to have it aligned with initrd_high.

Can you please also update the documentation to avoid any such
confusion?  Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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