[PATCH v3 05/12] ARM: mvebu: Remove the harcoded BootROM window allocation
Jason Gunthorpe
jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com
Wed Jun 19 06:10:21 EST 2013
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 05:02:42PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > Having the kernel enforce that the DT node is present and at the right
> > location, I think, is helpful for the bootloader folks to ensure they
> > write correct DTs.
> Granted. But then I wonder... why do we bother to put the BootROM in the
> DT window if we're going to check for a fixed address it in any case?
Code re-use in the mbus driver?
Maybe future SOCs in this family will have programmable SMP startup
addresses?
Non-SMP systems don't need to map the boot rom at all?
Jason
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