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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/4] riscv: Remove CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE_FIXED
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On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:23:03 PDT (-0700), emil.renner.berthing@gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 at 13:51, Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr> wrote:
>>
>> Make the physical RAM base address available for all kernels, not only
>> XIP kernels as it will allow to simplify address conversions macros.
>
> Am I just reading it wrong or won't this patch make it so that the same kernel
> can't run on two chips with physical ram starting at different addresses?

IIUC we were in that position, at least without relocatable kernels.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, though?

>
> /Emil
>
>> ---
>> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 6 ------
>> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>> index b58596b141fc..3d8e7e4bb45c 100644
>> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>> @@ -493,13 +493,8 @@ config STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK
>> def_bool y
>> depends on STACKPROTECTOR && CC_HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR_TLS
>>
>> -config PHYS_RAM_BASE_FIXED
>> - bool "Explicitly specified physical RAM address"
>> - default n
>> -
>> config PHYS_RAM_BASE
>> hex "Platform Physical RAM address"
>> - depends on PHYS_RAM_BASE_FIXED
>> default "0x80000000"
>> help
>> This is the physical address of RAM in the system. It has to be
>> @@ -512,7 +507,6 @@ config XIP_KERNEL
>> # This prevents XIP from being enabled by all{yes,mod}config, which
>> # fail to build since XIP doesn't support large kernels.
>> depends on !COMPILE_TEST
>> - select PHYS_RAM_BASE_FIXED
>> help
>> Execute-In-Place allows the kernel to run from non-volatile storage
>> directly addressable by the CPU, such as NOR flash. This saves RAM
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>
>>
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