rtas instantiation when commandline contains mem
Benjamin Krill
ben at codiert.org
Fri Jul 17 16:36:20 EST 2009
>> the rtas instantiation (prom_init.c) doesn't work correctly if the
>> kernel parameter "mem=" is used. The current code doesn't evaluate
>> the kernel parameter which causes the issue that alloc_down
>> allocates somewhere in the "real" memory space. So it can
>> happen that the allocation space is above "mem=".
>>
>> Commit 2babf5c2ec2f2d5de3e38d20f7df7fd815fd10c9 removes the
>> evaluation of "mem=".
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>Ah yes, we don't constraint prom_init.c to mem=, only the kernel
Is that with intent? Or should I provide a patch to include it again?
cheers
ben
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