Hi,

Thanks for your comment.

2014-04-07 15:53 GMT+09:00 Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de>:
> Dear Nobuhiro Iwamatsu,
>
> In message 
> <1396846600-15386-1-git-send-email-nobuhiro.iwamatsu...@renesas.com> you 
> wrote:
>> Usually, when CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT is enabled, U-Boot is set to
>> the FDT memory information that is set in the U-Boot. This patch
>> disables this behavior.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <nobuhiro.iwamatsu...@renesas.com>
>> ---
>>  README                   | 8 ++++++++
>>  arch/arm/lib/bootm-fdt.c | 2 ++
>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> Please explain why you would want to do this.  To me it makes no
> sense.  Either U-Boot knows the correct memory size, then it should
> pass it to Linux.  Or it does not, then U-Boot should be fixed.

For example, I can access the memory of all in the U-Boot, but I may
want to control
the highmem on Linux,I do not want to show a specific area from kernel
and userland.

>
> Also, I object that your implementation is ARM specific.  If such a
> feature gets added, it should be architecture independent.

I see. But arch_fixup_memory_node() is used by ARM only.
So, we see to be dependent on the ARM is only this.

>
> Thanks.
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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