Re: [PATCH] of: specify initrd location using 64-bit
From: Rob Herring <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-12 22:08:36
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From: Rob Herring <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-12 22:08:36
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-devicetree, linuxppc-dev, lkml
On 09/12/2012 02:58 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
On 09/12/2012 08:02 PM, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:quoted
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-void __init early_init_dt_setup_initrd_arch(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) +void __init early_init_dt_setup_initrd_arch(u64 start, u64 end)Why not phys_addr_t?The rest of the memory specific bits of the device-tree code use u64 for addresses, and I kept it the same for consistency.Geert is right here. If it is a physical address, it should be phys_addr_t.
While generally true, for the DT specific code I think it should be a fixed u64. The size of the address is defined by the FDT, not the kernel. It is very likely we could have a FDT that specifies addresses in 64-bit values, but then we boot a kernel is compiled for !LPAE. phys_addr_t is currently sized based on LPAE setting. Also, this is how the memory and reserved nodes are handled currently, so we should be consistent. Rob