linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:09:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
To:     Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Karsten Merker <merker@...ian.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <Anup.Patel@....com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Nick Kossifidis <mick@....forth.gr>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "marek.vasut@...il.com" <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        "catalin.marinas@....com" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        "will.deacon@....com" <will.deacon@....com>,
        "trini@...sulko.com" <trini@...sulko.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can
 parse.

On Thu, 6 Jun 2019, Atish Patra wrote:

> Currently, the last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only
> uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot
> process.
> 
> Add an image header that boot loader understands and boot Linux from
> flat Image directly.

...


> +#if __riscv_xlen == 64
> +	/* Image load offset(2MB) from start of RAM */
> +	.dword 0x200000
> +#else
> +	/* Image load offset(4MB) from start of RAM */
> +	.dword 0x400000
> +#endif

Is there a rationale behind these load offset values?


- Paul