[RFC] Initial attempt to make ARM use LMB

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Thu May 13 18:12:29 EDT 2010


On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 03:01:39PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> [100513 14:53]:
> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 02:19:51PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> [100513 10:35]:
> > > > And here's a patch which converts the OMAP FB code to use lmb_reserve
> > > > instead of poking about with bootmem stuff.  Untested, so I'd like to
> > > > hear back whether it works.
> > > 
> > > Did a quick test with the following patches picked from your lmb
> > > branch on top of omap for-next branch:
> > > 
> > > ARM: Remove useless linux/bootmem.h includes
> > > ARM: Ensure meminfo is sorted prior to sanity_check_meminfo
> > > ARM: initial LMB trial
> > > ARM: Move platform LMB memory reservations out of generic code
> > > 
> > > and then this patch.
> > > 
> > > It does not boot.. It seems to be related to the patch
> > > "ARM: initial LMB trial". If I only apply the first two patches
> > > above the system boots.
> > 
> > Hmm, I'm sure it worked for me when I tested it out.  Could you try
> > booting with lmb=debug please?
> 
> No other output with that it seems.

Hang on, you didn't pick up ARM: Move memory mapping into mmu.c ?



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