linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7] EDAC, altera: Add Altera L2 Cache and OCRAM EDAC Support

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Message-ID: <20160104210726.GS22941@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2016 22:07:26 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nsource.altera.com>
Cc:	tthayer@...nsource.altera.com, dinh.linux@...il.com,
	dougthompson@...ssion.com, mchehab@....samsung.com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7] EDAC, altera: Add Altera L2 Cache and OCRAM EDAC
 Support

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 02:55:43PM -0600, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
> Right. So for us, if we build in SDRAM ECC unconditionally, there is a
> requirement with the bootloader to turn on ECC and scrub the memory.

Huh, how does a built-in piece of code cause the bootloader to do
something?!?

And how would the bootloader know what's in the kernel? The bootloader
runs first and hands off to the kernel...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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