[PATCHv2 2/3] ep8248e: Reference SMC parameter RAM base in the device tree.
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Sat Mar 29 04:11:26 EST 2008
Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Locating the end of the muram isn't as straightforward as it could be. As the
> current code already uses the beginning of the muram to store the BDs and
> data buffers, should I really bother locating the end or can I store the SMC
> parameter ram at the beginning as well ?
Maybe, but the end would be safer. What's the problem with finding the
end? Even the end of the first reg resource would be OK.
> If I'm not mistaken, once the SMC parameter ram gets relocated to the
> beginning/end of the muram, the boot loader preallocated space can be
> reclaimed and can be added to the muram in the device tree like I did in my
> previous patch. Is that correct ?
Yes.
-Scott
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