linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] of/fdt: Don't calculate phys_initrd

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2022 01:56:31 +0000
From:   Marek Bykowski <marek.bykowski@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] of/fdt: Don't calculate phys_initrd_size from DT if
 start < end

On Thu,  8 Sep 2022 16:05:19 +0000
Marek Bykowski <marek.bykowski@...il.com> wrote:

> If the properties 'linux,initrd-start' and 'linux,initrd-end' of
> the chosen node populated from the bootloader, eg. U-Boot, are so that
> start < end, then the phys_initrd_size calculated as subtraction of
> end from start is negative that subsequently gets converted to a high
> positive value for being unsigned long long.
> 

Apology Rob, I confused the description saying that it is wrong that
start < end. The patch was correct though. I'll send the third version
fixing that shortly.

Marek