[PATCH v2] configs: am571x_hs_evm_defconfig: Reserve EMIF memory used by PPA

[Kumar, Udit]

On 11/28/2025 8:34 PM, Beleswar Padhi wrote:
> The AM571x SoC has 1 GB DDR space. As part of normal re-location process
> U-Boot copies itself to the top of DDR bank. However, on HS devices, the
> top 37 MB is used by PPA and is firewalled. This results in an exception
> and the boot fails.
>
> Introduce a new defconfig for AM571x HS platforms and set
> CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE to reserve the top 38 MB memory (aligned to 2MB
> as per page size for ARM32) for the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Beleswar Padhi <b-padhi at ti.com>
> ---
> Fix boot for TI AM571x HS EVM board
> v2: Changelog:
> 1. Drop [PATCH v1 2/2] in v2 series. There is no need to add reserved
> memory node in DT as it is done by U-Boot as part of FDT fixups
> https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-omap2/fdt-common.c#L72-L107
> 2. Add entry in MAINTAINERS for new config.
> 3. Update commit message to use memory size in MB than raw hex bytes
>
> Link to v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251128064353.1295063-1-b-padhi@ti.com/
>
> Test logs:
> https://gist.github.com/3V3RYONE/e86b3f4551986b0400d0e0f66d6ecc66
>
>   MAINTAINERS                     | 1 +
>   configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig | 3 +++
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index b43dae882b3..e5d564cd760 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ F:	configs/am335x_hs_evm_spi_defconfig
>   F:	configs/am335x_hs_evm_uart_defconfig
>   F:	configs/am43xx_hs_evm_defconfig
>   F:	configs/am43xx_hs_evm_qspi_defconfig
> +F:	configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig
>   F:	configs/am57xx_hs_evm_defconfig
>   F:	configs/am57xx_hs_evm_usb_defconfig
>   F:	configs/dra7xx_hs_evm_defconfig
> diff --git a/configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig b/configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..7e44ee5221a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/configs/am571x_hs_evm_defconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +#include <configs/am57xx_hs_evm_defconfig>
> +
> +CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE=0x2600000


Reviewed-by: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1 at ti.com>