[RFC PATCH] Very minimal bcm2708 support for linux-next

[Simon Arlott]

On 01/06/12 02:47, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 05/30/2012 07:25 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 05/30/2012 05:12 AM, Simon Arlott wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 04:45, Stephen Warren wrote:
> ...
>>> These are not required. If not using the future bootloader, ftdput can be
>>> used to set up those values. Memory is not fixed (256MB below is invalid as
>>> the GPU requires some memory).
> 
> One thing I forgot to mention on the memory front. It's typical for the
> memory property to represent the entire physical RAM on the board, even
> if something else is using parts of it, so Linux can't touch it. You can
> prevent Linux from using parts of the memory with the /memreserve/
> syntax in the .dts file, which the bootloader should be able to add or
> adjust as appropriate based on system configuration.

I've copied this comment to https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/24

It'll need to be tested with absent parameters if placeholders won't be
accepted. Other .dts files do this...

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Simon Arlott