[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/35][RFC] arm: socfpga: Usability fixes

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Sep 17 16:11:46 CEST 2014


Dear Chin Liang See,

In message <1410952049.7769.11.camel at clsee-VirtualBox.altera.com> you wrote:
>
> Hmmm... actually I can get it works well for my Altera dev kit. The
> get_dram_size would take in the argument PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE. From here,
> the function will ensure the memory specified can read and writable. If
> its failing here, probably the SDRAM access might have issue. FYI,
> PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE is 0x40000000 for 1GB.

Normally, get_dram_size() would be called with a size argument that is
_larger_ (twice as big) as the biggest possible memory configuration
on the respective device.  Otherwise it can only detect smaller memory
sizes, but would fail to detect if a bigger memory device is
installed by accident.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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