linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix non-LPAE boot regression.

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Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:45:25 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix non-LPAE boot regression.

On Saturday, 13 August 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 03:14:30PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>> Thanks for this. The original code was indeed broken but I think the
>> fix should be to use SECTION_SIZE instead of SHIFT. I'll have a look
>> on Monday.
>
> No, the original code is not broken.  Look at what it's doing:

I meant my original LPAE code (though strangely it was booting fine, I
guess it didn't use more than a section from those mappings). I'll
look at the details on Monday, I'm away from my PC now.

-- 
Catalin
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