[U-Boot] Statically allocate a range of physical memory to an OS image.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear "mazen.e",

In message <1401177091915-180825.post at n7.nabble.com> you wrote:
> 
> I want to execute a an OS (either Linux or Android) on the Arndale exynos
> 5250 board. The board features 2 GB of RAM. However, I want to statically
> alloacate a specifc region of RAM (e.g. 1 GB) to be used by the OS,  While
> the other 1 GB is reserved for other purposes.

If you boot an OS, you don;t reserve any memory in U-Boot at all.  At
the moment U-Boot branches to the OS entry point, U-Boot is dead and
gone, including any memory alocation information that might have been
present in U-Boot.

It is then up to the OS to set up it's own memory manegement.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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