[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/2] README: Add more clarification about CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
Fabio Estevam
fabio.estevam at freescale.com
Thu Nov 12 14:10:11 CET 2015
Add some text to clarify the usage of full malloc (when
CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START is selected) and also that simple malloc()
can be used prior to DRAM initialization if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- Improve README and commit log (Simon)
README | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index ef8d437..92d36e6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3568,6 +3568,9 @@ FIT uImage format:
CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
+ When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
+ it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
+ can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
--
1.9.1
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