[PATCH v2] airoha: rework RAM size handling to support multiple RAM size

Christian Marangi ansuelsmth at gmail.com
Wed Sep 10 01:30:52 CEST 2025


On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 02:29:10AM +0300, Mikhail Kshevetskiy wrote:
> 
> On 10.09.2025 02:24, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 02:16:03AM +0300, Mikhail Kshevetskiy wrote:
> >> On 10.09.2025 01:57, Christian Marangi wrote:
> >>> There are multiple version of the same reference board with different
> >>> RAM size and it's not enough to base the RAM size entirely from DT. To
> >>> better support it use the get_ram_size way to scan for the actual RAM
> >>> size of Airoha SoC and increase the size of the memory map.
> >>>
> >>> Also rework the memory map to account for 2 memyro map. The first one of
> >> Misprint, please replace 'memyro' with 'memory'.
> >>
> > will fix.
> >
> >>> 2GB for 32bit DMA and for safe usage of U-Boot. The second one for the
> >>> rest of the RAM since up to 8GB are supported.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> Changes v2:
> >>> - Add memory map to support full 8GB
> >>> - Assign 2gb to first memory map for U-Boot
> >>>
> >>>  arch/arm/mach-airoha/an7581/init.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >>>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-airoha/an7581/init.c b/arch/arm/mach-airoha/an7581/init.c
> >>> index d149e0ee3c8..11992027d92 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-airoha/an7581/init.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-airoha/an7581/init.c
> >>> @@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
> >>>  
> >>>  #include <fdtdec.h>
> >>>  #include <init.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/sizes.h>
> >>>  #include <sysreset.h>
> >>>  #include <asm/armv8/mmu.h>
> >>> +#include <asm/global_data.h>
> >>>  #include <asm/system.h>
> >>>  
> >>> +#define CFG_MAX_MEM_MAPPED  SZ_2G
> >>> +
> >>> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> >>> +
> >>>  int print_cpuinfo(void)
> >>>  {
> >>>  	printf("CPU:   Airoha AN7581\n");
> >>> @@ -14,12 +20,28 @@ int print_cpuinfo(void)
> >>>  
> >>>  int dram_init(void)
> >>>  {
> >>> -	return fdtdec_setup_mem_size_base();
> >>> +	int ret;
> >>> +
> >>> +	ret = fdtdec_setup_mem_size_base();
> >>> +	if (ret)
> >>> +		return ret;
> >>> +
> >>> +	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size((void *)gd->ram_base, SZ_8G);
> >> I think this will not work correctly for 2 memory regions with a gap in
> >> between, see  an7581_mem_map. So I think we should use get_ram_size()
> >> twice (for each of regions).
> >>
> > There is no gap between the 2 region. I have the memory map for the SoC,
> > it's from 0x80000000 to 0x280000000
> >
> > With specified
> > 0x080000000 0x100000000 32 bit
> > 0x100000000 0x280000000 64 bit
> 
> Sorry, I am not calculate it properly.
>

Np actually thanks for extra checking this HEX calculation with bytes is
annoying and very error prone sometimes!

So aside from the typo I think this should be ok and should address all
the memory when the kernel is loaded. Right?

> >
> >>> +
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>>  }
> >>>  
> >>>  int dram_init_banksize(void)
> >>>  {
> >>> -	return fdtdec_setup_memory_banksize();
> >>> +	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = gd->ram_base;
> >>> +	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = get_effective_memsize();
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (gd->ram_size > SZ_2G) {
> >>> +		gd->bd->bi_dram[1].start = gd->ram_base + SZ_2G;
> >> gd->bd->bi_dram[1].start does not match to the virtual address of second
> >> region, see  an7581_mem_map. I think this is a mistake.
> > Assuming ram_base ios 0x80000000 + SZ_2G we should be at 0x100000000.
> >
> > Am I wrong?
> I was wrong, sorry.
> >>> +		gd->bd->bi_dram[1].size = gd->ram_size - SZ_2G;
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>>  }
> >>>  
> >>>  void reset_cpu(void)
> >>> @@ -29,20 +51,26 @@ void reset_cpu(void)
> >>>  
> >>>  static struct mm_region an7581_mem_map[] = {
> >>>  	{
> >>> -		/* DDR */
> >>> +		/* DDR, 32-bit area */
> >>>  		.virt = 0x80000000UL,
> >>>  		.phys = 0x80000000UL,
> >>> -		.size = 0x80000000UL,
> >>> +		.size = SZ_2G,
> >>> +		.attrs = PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL) | PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE,
> >>> +	}, {
> >>> +		/* DDR, 64-bit area */
> >>> +		.virt = 0x100000000UL,
> >>> +		.phys = 0x100000000UL,
> >>> +		.size = SZ_4G + SZ_2G,
> >>>  		.attrs = PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL) | PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE,
> >>>  	}, {
> >>>  		.virt = 0x00000000UL,
> >>>  		.phys = 0x00000000UL,
> >>> -		.size = 0x20000000UL,
> >>> +		.size = 0x40000000UL,
> >>>  		.attrs = PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_DEVICE_NGNRNE) |
> >>>  			 PTE_BLOCK_NON_SHARE |
> >>>  			 PTE_BLOCK_PXN | PTE_BLOCK_UXN
> >>>  	}, {
> >>> -		0,
> >>> +		/* List terminator */
> >>>  	}
> >>>  };
> >>>  struct mm_region *mem_map = an7581_mem_map;

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