linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: zImage: Allow DTB to override broken ATAG

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Date:	Wed, 07 May 2014 23:24:18 +0200
From:	Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
To:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn@...o.se>
CC:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: zImage: Allow DTB to override broken ATAG_MEM

Am 07.05.2014 17:29, schrieb Bjorn Andersson:
> My problem is that the boot loader on every shipped Qualcomm MSM8x60, MSM8960
> and APQ8064 based device passes ATAG_MEM with the incorrect start address. There
> is no way to update the boot loader for these.

Chaining bootloaders comes to mind. This is being done on the Exynos5
based Chromebooks, for instance.

Regards,
Andreas

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