Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2020-10-14 Thread Maciej W. Rozycki
On Wed, 22 May 2019, Serge Semin wrote: > > > The problem might be fixed there by the next patch: > > > --- > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c b/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c > > > index 5073d2ed78bb..5a0c734b5d04 100644 > > > --- a/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c > > > +++ b/arch/mips/dec/p

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Serge Semin
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 03:44:47PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Serge, > > ... > > > > > The problem might be fixed there by the next patch: > > --- > > diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c b/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c > > index 5073d2ed78bb..5a0c734b5d04 100644 > > --- a/arch/mips/d

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Serge, On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:34 PM Serge Semin wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:14:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:08 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:47:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Serge Semin
Hello folks, On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:14:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:08 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:47:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > On Tue

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Mike, On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:08 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:47:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Mike Rapoport
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:47:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin > > > wrote: > > > > The reserved_en

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Serge, On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 6:39 PM Serge Semin wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 06:53:10PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin > > > wrote: > > > > The reserved_end variable

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-22 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Mike, On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin > > wrote: > > > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > > > to find a lowest limit o

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-21 Thread Serge Semin
Hello Geert, Mike On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 06:53:10PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Hi Geert, > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Hi Serge, > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin > > wrote: > > > The reserved_end variable had been used by th

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-21 Thread Mike Rapoport
Hi Geert, On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Serge, > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin wrote: > > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original >

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-21 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Serge, On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin wrote: > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original > code just tried to find a free memory space higher than kernel was placed. > This limitat

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-03 Thread Serge Semin
Hello Paul On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 06:45:39PM +, Paul Burton wrote: > Hi Serge, > > On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 05:24:37PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > Just reviewed and tested your series on my machine. I tagged the whole > > series > > in a response to the cover-letter of [1]. > > Thanks for

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Burton
Hi Serge, On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 05:24:37PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > Just reviewed and tested your series on my machine. I tagged the whole series > in a response to the cover-letter of [1]. Thanks for the review & testing; that series is now in mips-next. > Could you please proceed with thi

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-02 Thread Paul Burton
Hello, Serge Semin wrote: > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original > code just tried to find a free memory space higher than kernel was placed. > This limitation seems justified for the memmap ra

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-05-02 Thread Serge Semin
On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:58:33PM +, Paul Burton wrote: Hello Paul > Hi Serge, > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 03:00:36AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > > 1) Older systems generally had something like an ISA bus which used > > > addresses below the kernel, and bootloaders like YAMON left be

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-04-30 Thread Paul Burton
Hi Serge, On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 03:00:36AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > 1) Older systems generally had something like an ISA bus which used > > addresses below the kernel, and bootloaders like YAMON left behind > > functions that could be called right at the start of RAM. This sort > >

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-04-25 Thread Serge Semin
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:43:48PM +, Paul Burton wrote: > Hi Serge, > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 01:47:40AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original > > code jus

Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources

2019-04-24 Thread Paul Burton
Hi Serge, On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 01:47:40AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original > code just tried to find a free memory space higher than kernel was placed. > This