3 Nov
2010
3 Nov
'10
2 p.m.
Dear "V, Aneesh",
In message FF55437E1F14DA4BAEB721A458B6701706FD313852@dbde02.ent.ti.com you wrote:
Just curious. Why don't we allocate memory for such needs below the u-boot (lower address) like we do for malloc area and stack. This way the location where u-boot is relocated will only depend on the SDRAM=20 size and size of u-boot itself, right?
That would mean that all the memory where U-Boot was located is lost for use in Linux, as we reserve these areas by adjusting the "mem=" boot argument. Allocation of such memory blocks must start at the top, ang do downwards. And U-Boot lies below that, then.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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