linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: sun8i: Specify memblock for Nano Pi M1

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:00:25 +0100
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Milo Kim <woogyom.kim@...il.com>
Cc:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: sun8i: Specify memblock for Nano Pi M1

On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 04:23:57PM +0900, Milo Kim wrote:
> On 12/05/2016 05:09 PM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 11:00:31AM +0900, Milo Kim wrote:
> > > The board has DDR3 512MB. This patch helps scanning the memory and
> > > adding memblock through the DT.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Milo Kim <woogyom.kim@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dts | 5 +++++
> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dts
> > > index ec63d10..be3668f 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dts
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-m1.dts
> > > @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
> > >  / {
> > >  	model = "FriendlyArm NanoPi M1";
> > >  	compatible = "friendlyarm,nanopi-m1", "allwinner,sun8i-h3";
> > > +
> > > +	memory@...00000 {
> > > +		device_type = "memory";
> > > +		reg = <0x40000000 0x20000000>;
> > > +	};
> > 
> > U-boot will fill that up, so there's no need to put it there.
> 
> Right, my intention was adding memblock through the DT whether the bootload
> does or not. However I'm not sure the situation (missing memblock in u-boot)
> could really happen.

No, we need a recent U-Boot in order to boot, and such a uboot will
setup the memory node anyway.

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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