Re: [PATCH] arm: dts: am335x-boneblack-common: fix memory size

From: Robert Nelson
Date: Tue Jan 07 2020 - 13:33:00 EST


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:05 PM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@xxxxxxxxxx> [200106 20:48]:
> > ÐÐ, 6 ÑÐÐ. 2020 Ð. Ð 23:44, Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 7:10 AM Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > BeagleBone Black series is equipped with 512MB RAM
> > > > whereas only 256MB is included from am335x-bone-common.dtsi
> > >
> > > FYI: While all versions from the factory are 512MB, some 3rd parties
> > > offered 1GB reballing upgrades..
>
> So what's the conclusion, is it safe to bump the default size to
> 512MB then?
>
> The custom ones could use their own dts file if bootloader is not
> setting the RAM.

Yeah this is safe for factory devices. Classic u-boot will update
these for modified boards.

Regards,

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