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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Chris Brandt <chris.brandt@renesas.com>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] ARM: dts: rza2mevb: Upstream Linux requires SDRAM
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:38:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdW0=KWk2pC2tRUajvZQsoObBEFz7WoJ+uJbHbX27f7b2g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.YSQ.7.77.849.2005071303480.5637@knanqh.ubzr>

""
Hi Nicolas,

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 7:07 PM Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 May 2020, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 4:58 PM Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 7 May 2020, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > As upstream Linux does not support XIP,
> > >
> > > What?
> >
> > Not for an ARM v7 platform:
> >
> >     config XIP_KERNEL
> >             bool "Kernel Execute-In-Place from ROM"
> >             depends on !ARM_LPAE && !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
>
> Of course this is an artificial limitation.
>
> You can have XIP on ARMv7 if you want. It requires some kconfig
> tweaks though.

I am happy to hear that!
Do you have any guidance how to implement that?
So far our tries have failed.

"[PATCH 0/2] ARM: ARMv7 (with MMU) XIP without ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM"
http://lore.kernel.org/r/20170209033044.19513-1-chris.brandt@renesas.com
"[PATCH] ARM: Allow MULTIPLATFOR to select XIP
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/1455816310-11308-1-git-send-email-chris.brandt@renesas.com/
"[PATCH 0/2] ARM: xip: Get XIP for ARMv7 working again
http://lore.kernel.org/r/1437057434-1616-1-git-send-email-chris.brandt@renesas.com
"XIP_KERNEL and !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
http://lore.kernel.org/r/HK2PR06MB0561CC16649A9C1F341CC6648A030@HK2PR06MB0561.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com
...

Thanks, and have a nice weekend

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-08 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-07  8:05 [PATCH/RFC] ARM: dts: rza2mevb: Upstream Linux requires SDRAM Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-05-07 14:58 ` Nicolas Pitre
2020-05-07 16:08   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-05-07 17:06     ` Nicolas Pitre
2020-05-08 13:38       ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2020-05-08 14:05         ` Chris Brandt
2020-05-08 14:41           ` Nicolas Pitre
2020-05-08 15:56             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-05-08 16:15               ` Nicolas Pitre

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