Re: [PATCH v8 15/16] ARM: LPAE: add support for ATAG_MEM64

[Catalin Marinas]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 11:38:12PM +0000, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> 
> > From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > LPAE provides support for memory banks with physical addresses of up
> > to 40 bits.
> > 
> > This patch adds a new atag, ATAG_MEM64, so that the Kernel can be
> > informed about memory that exists above the 4GB boundary.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> 
> NAK.  Any LPAE capable platform to come is, by definition, a new 
> platform.  It therefore should be using DT upfront.

It's fine by me, one less patch to merge.

-- 
Catalin
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