[PATCH v8 15/16] ARM: LPAE: add support for ATAG_MEM64

Nicolas Pitre nico at fluxnic.net
Tue Nov 8 18:38:12 EST 2011


On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> From: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> 
> LPAE provides support for memory banks with physical addresses of up
> to 40 bits.
> 
> This patch adds a new atag, ATAG_MEM64, so that the Kernel can be
> informed about memory that exists above the 4GB boundary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>

NAK.  Any LPAE capable platform to come is, by definition, a new 
platform.  It therefore should be using DT upfront.


Nicolas



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