Re: [PATCH 0/3] Highmem support for 32-bit RISC-V

[afzal mohammed]

Hi Arnd,

> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 09:29:46PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > Another thing to try early is to move the vmlinux virtual address
> > from the linear mapping into vmalloc space. This does not require
> > LPAE either, but it only works on relatively modern platforms that
> > don't have conflicting fixed mappings there.

i have started by attempting to move static kernel mapping from lowmem
to vmalloc space. At boot the execution so far has went past assembly
& reached C, to be specific, arm_memblock_init [in setup_arch()],
currently debugging the hang that happens after that point. To make
things easier in the beginning, ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT is disabled &
platform specific PHYS_OFFSET is fed, this is planned to be fixed once
it boots.

[ i will probably start a new thread or hopefully RFC on LAKML ]

Regards
afzal