[PATCH] MXS: Fix mxs_defconfig MMAP_MIN_ADDR

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Aug 3 14:46:27 EDT 2012


Dear Russell King - ARM Linux,

[...]

> > > No need to set it to 32768.
> > > 
> > > If you just remove the 'CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=65536' then this
> > > symbol will be 32768.
> > 
> > Sorry, ignore what I said. I just realized that the default is 4096.
> 
> 4096 is also fine for ARM too.  There's not much point in having
> defconfigs change it - that would just be pure noise in the config
> files.

Wasn't there a security concern being the reason for setting this higher? Also, 
I still don't completely understand why ARM has to set it lower than others, is 
that an ABI thing?

Russell, do you happen to have some further reading for me I could study on this 
topic please?

Thanks!

Best regards,
Marek Vasut



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