[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: mx6: Remove the FDT loading address to avoid overlaping

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Wed Nov 27 08:53:55 CET 2013


Hi Otavio,

On 26/11/2013 13:16, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> I'm going to suggest this is the wrong path.  Once you see i.MX systems
>> with > 768MB DDR you're going to have initrd/fdt placed into memory
>> Linux can't access without HIGHMEM on, and you need the FDT before then.
> 
> I didn't catch this case but it is a valid problem, indeed :-(

I missed this issue, too :-(

Does it work with your patch ? Most supported i.MX6 boards have more as
768MB, and I am wondering that all kernels can boot.

> 
> Fabio/Stefano what is your call here? I think moving it to 128MB is
> good for now.

Yes, it seems this becomes our choice.

Best regards,
Stefano

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