From: Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] vfs: keep inodes with page cache off the inode shrinker LRU
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:35:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <TYAPR01MB2285608AFEB9D1FC7AB10E41B7130@TYAPR01MB2285.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a3Za8dthPE7czQs+rK+xUq+ZZC4Sbj8QF5YjXvtfzop4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Sent: 16 February 2020 20:38
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 8:54 PM Chris Paterson
> <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Arnd, Geert,
> >
> > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> > > Sent: 16 February 2020 09:45
> > > To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > >
> > > Hi Arnd,
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:59 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 12:25 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > > <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 5:54 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 9:50 AM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> > > > > > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The CIP-supported RZ/G1 SoCs can have up to 4 GiB, typically split
> (even
> > > > > for 1 GiB or 2 GiB configurations) in two parts, one below and one
> above
> > > > > the 32-bit physical limit.
> >
> > Yep. One example is r8a7743-iwg20m.dtsi.
>
> This one has 2x512MB, with half above the 4GiB limit. This means it needs
> LPAE to address high physical addresses (which is fine), but it does not need
> highmem if one uses an appropriate CONFIG_VMSPLIT_* option.
>
> > > > Good to know. I think there are several other chips that have dual-
> channel
> > > > DDR3 and thus /can/ support this configuration, but this rarely happens.
> > > > Are you aware of commercial products that use a 4GB configuration,
> aside
> > > from
> > > > the reference board?
> >
> > iWave Systems make a range of SOM modules using the RZ/G1 SoCs.
> > I believe there are options for some of these to use 4 GB, although 1 or 2
> GB is
> > used in the boards we've upstreamed support for.
> >
> > There are also other SOM vendors (e.g. Emtrion) and end users of RZ/G1,
> > but I'm not sure of the details.
>
> Both iWave and Emtrion only seem to list boards with 2GB or less on their
> websites today (with up to 15 year availability). My guess is that they had
> the same problem as everyone else in finding the right memory chips in
> the required quantities and/or long-term availability. iWave lists "By default
> 1GB DDR3 and 4GB eMMC only supported. Contact iWave for memory
> expansion support." on some boards, but that doesn't mean they ever
> shipped a 4GB configuration.
I probably should have been clearer before - I actually have a couple of iWave RZ/G1M SOM modules with 4GB DDR on them.
However I've never booted them nor do I know what the memory mapping is.
Kind regards, Chris
>
> Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-20 14:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-11 17:55 [PATCH] vfs: keep inodes with page cache off the inode shrinker LRU Johannes Weiner
2020-02-11 18:20 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-11 19:05 ` Rik van Riel
2020-02-11 19:31 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-11 23:44 ` Andrew Morton
2020-02-12 0:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 0:47 ` Andrew Morton
2020-02-12 1:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 8:50 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-02-13 9:50 ` Lucas Stach
2020-02-13 16:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-02-15 11:25 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-02-15 16:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-02-16 9:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-02-16 19:54 ` Chris Paterson
2020-02-16 20:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-02-20 14:35 ` Chris Paterson [this message]
2020-02-26 18:04 ` santosh.shilimkar
2020-02-26 21:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-02-26 21:11 ` santosh.shilimkar
2020-03-06 20:34 ` Nishanth Menon
2020-03-07 1:08 ` santosh.shilimkar
2020-03-08 10:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-03-08 14:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-09 13:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-03-09 14:04 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-09 15:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-03-10 9:16 ` Michal Hocko
2020-03-09 15:59 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-03-09 16:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-09 16:57 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-03-09 19:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-03-11 14:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-03-11 16:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-03-11 17:26 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-03-11 22:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-02-12 3:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-02-12 8:09 ` Michal Hocko
2020-02-17 13:31 ` Pavel Machek
2020-02-12 16:35 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-12 18:26 ` Andrew Morton
2020-02-12 18:52 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-12 12:25 ` Yafang Shao
2020-02-12 16:42 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-13 1:47 ` Yafang Shao
2020-02-13 13:46 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-02-14 2:02 ` Yafang Shao
2020-02-13 18:34 ` [PATCH v2] " Johannes Weiner
2020-02-14 16:53 ` [PATCH] " kbuild test robot
2020-02-14 21:30 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-14 21:30 ` [PATCH] vfs: fix boolreturn.cocci warnings kbuild test robot
2020-05-12 21:29 ` [PATCH] vfs: keep inodes with page cache off the inode shrinker LRU Johannes Weiner
2020-05-13 1:32 ` Yafang Shao
2020-05-13 13:00 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-05-13 21:15 ` Andrew Morton
2020-05-14 11:27 ` Johannes Weiner
2020-05-14 2:24 ` Andrew Morton
2020-05-14 10:37 ` Johannes Weiner
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