[RFC/PATCH 0/7] ARCH: shmobile: defconfig consolidation

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Simon

> > > Morimoto-san, I suspect it may be possible to add support for the
> > > bockw board to the consolidated defconfig if its boot loader supports
> > > booting using a zImage. In this case even though the base memory address
> > > is not the same as the boards above it should be possible to specify
> > > the base address from the boot loader. As I do not have a bockw board
> > > I am wondering if you could investigate this.
> > 
> > I tested shmobile_defconfig on Bock-W board.
> > It works with...
> > 
> >  1) I added R8A7778 SoC on .config
> >  2) I added Bock-W on .config
> >  3) I fixuped CONFIG_MEMORY_START, CONFIG_MEMORY_SIZE value on .config
> > 
> > It is correct method ?
> 
> Unfortunately not, the idea is not to modify CONFIG_MEMORY_START
> or CONFIG_MEMORY_SIZE.
> 
> My understanding is that if you load a zImage at the correct
> start address (0x60000000 IIRC) and then execute it using bootz
> then the kernel should relocate and run from that address.

Hmm...
This means 3) is not needed, but it didn't work without 3)
Is it R8A7778 or Bock-W DT code issue ?


Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto