[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 4/7] x86: ifdtool: Check that U-Boot does not overlap other regions

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 16:33:03 CEST 2015


On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 4:37 AM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> Since U-Boot and its device tree can grow we should check that it does not
> overlap the regions above it. Track the ROM offset that U-Boot reaches and
> check that other regions (written after U-Boot) do not interfere.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---

Nice enhancement! I wanted to add similar feature when I was debugging
the TunnelCreek graphics vgabios (sometimes it got overlapped sections
in the u-boot.rom without any warnings), but never started to work on
it. Thanks for the patch.

Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
Tested-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>

Regards,
Bin


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