On Thursday 20 March 2008, Dave Littell wrote: > This may not be the "better, more generic solution", but I just added a > CONFIG_CHIP_11_ERRATA option and code in lib_ppc/board.c to trim off > only 256 bytes before the optional log buffer is carved out.
OK. I'll submit a similar patch in a short while. Please give it a try and let me know if you see problems with it. > There's a kernel patch for this errata that trims the memory length. If > that patch is applied, does the kernel still need to be made to > understand the changed logbuffer location? I don't think so. With my next patch it should not be necessary anymore. With one exception: Linux kernel ports that have fixed memory sizes or calculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup (as done in some arch/powerpc kernels with bootwrapper support). Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
