Hi,

2014-04-08 2:41 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <tr...@ti.com>:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 08:53:39AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Also, I object that your implementation is ARM specific.  If such a
>> feature gets added, it should be architecture independent.
>
> This has shown up before in the context of platforms with >4GB memory
> and we "correct" the node by reducing the system memory, which is
> incorrect.  I agree this needs to be done for more than just ARM
> however.

It is one of the reasons of this patch that you wrote.

Thanks,
  Nobuhiro
>
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> Tom
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