[PATCH 1/1] board: sifive: unmatched: enlarge CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE

[Rick Chen]

Hi Bin,

> From: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 4:55 PM
> To: Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti at canonical.com>
> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>; Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>; Leo Yu-Chi Liang(梁育齊) <ycliang at andestech.com>; Rick Jian-Zhi Chen(陳建志) <rick at andestech.com>; Pragnesh Patel <pragnesh.patel at sifive.com>; Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov at canonical.com>; Zong Li <zong.li at sifive.com>; Green Wan <green.wan at sifive.com>; U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot at lists.denx.de>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] board: sifive: unmatched: enlarge CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 4:32 PM Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti at canonical.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 5:35 PM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Heinrich,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 7:37 PM Heinrich Schuchardt
> > > <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Avoid an error like
> > > >
> > > >     Could not get FIT buffer of 1725952 bytes
> > > >             check CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
> > > >     No device tree specified in SPL image
> > > >     ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt
> > > > <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  include/configs/sifive-unmatched.h | 2 +-
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/include/configs/sifive-unmatched.h
> > > > b/include/configs/sifive-unmatched.h
> > > > index f8ad2cce1f..8d3deabdd3 100644
> > > > --- a/include/configs/sifive-unmatched.h
> > > > +++ b/include/configs/sifive-unmatched.h
> > > > @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
> > > >  #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE                0x00100000
> > > >  #define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START    (CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR + \
> > > >                                          CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
> > > > -#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE     0x00100000
> > > > +#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE     0x00200000
> > > >
> > > >  #define CONFIG_SPL_STACK       (0x08000000 + 0x001D0000 - \
> > > >                                  GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
> > >
> > > What caused this?
> > >
> > > Last time this was seen on Ax25-AE350, CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
> > > was increased, instead of CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE which the error
> > > messages point to
> > >
> > > https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2021-May/449447.html
> > >
> >
> > I fell into the same issue this morning and increasing
> > CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE fixed it, though I had to increase it even
> > more than Heinrich.
>
> Is this default build that caused Unmatched boot failure?
>
> @Rick Chen  can you comment on why CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN was needed on AE350?

It is needed for limited memory cases on AE350 platforms.

Thanks,
Rick

>
> Regards,
> Bin