[PATCH] of: Specify initrd location using 64-bit

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Santosh Shilimkar
<santosh.shilimkar at ti.com> wrote:
>>>>> Rob,
>>>>> Are you ok with phys_addr_t since your concern was about rest
>>>>> of the memory specific bits of the device-tree code use u64 ?
>>>>
>>>> No. I still think it should be u64 for same reasons I said originally.
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>> +1
>>
>> fix type
>>
> Apart from waste of 32bit, what is the other concern you
> have ? I really want to converge on this patch because it
> has been a open ended discussion for quite some time. Does
> that really break any thing on x86 or your concern is more
> from semantics of the physical address.

As the "original reasons" were not in this thread, I had to search a bit.
I suppose you mean this one: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/13/544 ?

Summarized:
| The address to load the initrd is decided by the bootloader/user and set
| at that point later in time.
| The dtb should not be tied to the kernel you are booting.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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