* Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> [120817 02:21]: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:04:52AM +0100, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> [120814 10:57]: > > > The virtual memory layout is described in > > > Documentation/arm64/memory.txt. This patch adds the MMU definitions for > > > the 4KB and 64KB translation table configurations. The SECTION_SIZE is > > > 2MB with 4KB page and 512MB with 64KB page configuration. > > > > > > PHYS_OFFSET is calculated at run-time and stored in a variable (no > > > run-time code patching at this stage). > > > > Care to clarify this part a bit? Is the memory standardized somehow > > now and not needed? Or do we still need to add that for various SoCs > > later on? > > The memory is not standardised but we have FDT to fully specify it. The > PHYS_OFFSET does not need to be defined, it is automatically detected at > boo-time based on the kernel load address and stored in a variable to be > used later. OK nice thanks. Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
