[U-Boot] env: fix potential stack overflow in environment functions
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Apr 6 09:06:21 CEST 2013
Dear Scott,
In message <1365203857.17535.16 at snotra> you wrote:
>
> > Scott, Andy: I think I remember that some architectures really _need_
> > LMB - can you please shed a bit ligh on which these are, and why? And
> > why it is enabled everywhere?
> >
> > Also, any information about the underlying design, intended memory map
> > etc. would be highly welcome.
>
> CCing Kumar, who added a lot of the lmb stuff -- but it looks like
> ramdisk copying predated lmb.
Indeed it does. It even predates U-Boot. The question is what the
actual design of LMB is, i. e. why it is implemented the way it is.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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