linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Start of DRAM should at least be aligned on PMD size for the direct mapping

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Message-Id: <169107392510.27633.6639433423515028183.b4-ty@rivosinc.com>
Date:   Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:45:25 -0700
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Song Shuai <suagrfillet@...il.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: Start of DRAM should at least be aligned on PMD
 size for the direct mapping


On Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:18:37 +0200, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> So that we do not end up mapping the whole linear mapping using 4K
> pages, which is slow at boot time, and also very likely at runtime.
> 
> So make sure we align the start of DRAM on a PMD boundary.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] riscv: Start of DRAM should at least be aligned on PMD size for the direct mapping
      https://git.kernel.org/palmer/c/9d3e8e1ff0d8

Best regards,
-- 
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>