From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: davidb@codeaurora.org (David Brown) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:11:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCHv4 1/2] ARM: Set proper TEXT_OFFSET for newer MSMs In-Reply-To: <1311794355-26988-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> References: <1311794355-26988-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> Message-ID: <20110811211106.GA14101@huya.qualcomm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:19:14PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > MSMs post 8x50 have 2Mb at the beginning of RAM reserved for > shared memory. Since the kernel hasn't typically been told this > RAM exists, PHYS_OFFSET has been set to 0xN0200000 and the memory > atags passed to the kernel have matched. This doesn't play nicely > with things such as AUTO_ZRELADDR, which doesn't work at all, and > dynamic phys to virt, which requires an MSM specific workaround. > > Work around these issues by telling the kernel RAM starts at > 0xN0000000 (it actually does) and fixup the atags from the > bootloader (if necessary) to say the same. In addition, make sure > to set TEXT_OFFSET at least 2Mb beyond the start of RAM so that > the kernel doesn't end up being decompressed into shared memory. > > After doing this, AUTO_ZRELADDR should work on MSM with no > problems and ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_16BIT should no longer be > necessary. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd > Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre > --- Acked-by: David Brown -- Sent by an employee of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum.