[PATCH 1/1] image: usage of value ~0UL for intrd_high

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 1/9/21 7:58 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 08:47:07PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 8:06 PM Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> The comment for initrd_high in the coding and in README were contradicting
>>> and neither fully described what the coding does.
>>>
>>> Clarify the usage of the special value ~0UL for the environment variable
>>> initrd_high.
>>
>> All those F:s are hard to read in the comments and documentation and
>> typo prone. I would prefer to rephrase like "all 1:s value in 32- or
>> 64-bit format" or alike.
>
> If we're going to improve this we should also note it's discouraged
> unless you know for certain there will be no overlap and it's strongly
> discouraged in default environments.

What exactly is discouraged?

* setting initrd_high to a value != ~0? Here I would agree.
* setting intird_high to ~0? Why should we copy initrd to a
   different place? Is it for some outdated Linux release?

Best regards

Heinrich