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Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig
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Russell King - ARM Linux |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig |
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Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:07:02 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) |
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:53:07AM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On 17/04/14 22:35, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 04:18:45PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> >> The problem here is more than just the TEXT_OFFSET changed. From what
> >> I've heard, there are some QC chips which need much more reserved RAM
> >> than the 2MB discussed here. Changing the TEXT_OFFSET is a hack that
> >> doesn't scale.
> >
> > You may think it's a hack, but we really can't get around this. There
> > really are platforms out there where we must do this kind of stuff. I
> > invite you next time you meet up to talk to Michal Simek. There's no
> > way they can load the kernel at 32K into RAM.
>
> After reading this thread I have noticed that the sort order for the
> textofs part of this makefile is numeric (based on textofs) rather than
> alphabetic.
Correct.
> Is this an intentional mechanism? Certainly the result of numeric
> sorting is that the kernel will rise to the highest point in memory that
> suits all enabled platforms (based on the assumption that platforms are
> much more likely to reserve memory right at the start of RAM than
> slightly offset into it).
Also correct.
> If so would you welcome a comment only patch explaining this?
If you're willing to provide one.
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Russell King - ARM Linux, 2014/04/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Rob Herring, 2014/04/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Russell King - ARM Linux, 2014/04/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Rob Herring, 2014/04/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Nicolas Pitre, 2014/04/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Daniel Thompson, 2014/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Russell King - ARM Linux, 2014/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Daniel Thompson, 2014/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Russell King - ARM Linux, 2014/04/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig, Daniel Thompson, 2014/04/22
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Change of TEXT_OFFSET for multi_v7_defconfig,
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