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

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Wed Nov 27 12:03:06 CET 2013


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:
> 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.

Ok; I will send a new patch later today.

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