[PATCH] ARM: Versatile Express: Add default memory layout

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Thu Jul 22 07:44:27 EDT 2010


On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:40:23PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 12:30 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > It's also an argument for avoiding DT!  If boot loaders can't even get
> > the most basic of information right...
> 
> With DT I see it as slightly different. The DT information is provided
> by the board manufacturer and the boot loader doesn't need to do much
> discovery. It can be a pretty dumb boot loader just passing the relevant
> DT address to the kernel. But that's another thread of discussion (which
> unfortunately I didn't have time to follow properly).

The boot loader is also provided by the board manufacturer...  I see it
as being not much different.



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