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

From: Nicolas Pitre
Date: Tue Nov 08 2011 - 18:38:13 EST


On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>

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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