rtas instantiation when commandline contains mem

[Michael Ellerman]

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 08:36 +0200, Benjamin Krill wrote:
> >> 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=".
> >
> >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?

It was, it seemed to me that mem=x was about limiting kernel memory,
which RTAS isn't really. But I guess it depends how you look at it, and
what you're trying to do.

cheers
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