[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] mx6sabre{auto, sd}: Change FDT loading address to avoid overlaping

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:
> Hi Otavio, Jason, Fabio,
>
> On 18/11/2013 20:39, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>
>>
>> What is the final decision on this? I have the same change for many
>> boards which are/will be supported by 3.10.
>>
>
> You're right, we need a decision. As far as I read, there is no
> explanation why this change is required. As Fabio points out, dtb is
> loaded before the kernel and this should avoid an overlap. It will be
> very nice if Jason could better explain the issue, because I admit I
> have not understood why it happens.
>
> Maybe is DTB loaded after the kernel on Freescale's U-Boot ?
>
> This is clearly a work-around for a bug in Freescale's kernel 3.10, as
> we have no problems with other kernels. I booted mainline kernel
> 3.11/3.12 on a i.MX6 without this issue.
>
> However, I could still merge the patch if we can at least have the
> following answers:
>
> - why is there the overlap if the kernel is loaded after DTB (Fabio's
> question) ?
> - add the explanation to the commit message (so V2 is required, this is
> also a Wolfgang's comment).
> - of course, the patch should generate a problem with other kernels. It
> should not be, but a couple of tested-by will be nice.
>
> As the patchset fixes the same issue, I would prefer if the patchset is
> squashed into a single patch because it fixes a single issue and we can
> have only one "extended" commit message with the whole explanation.

Ok; once we get Jason's feedback I rework the patch and send.

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