On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:19:20 +0000 Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 17:55 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 18-12-14 20:12, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2014-12-16 at 21:31 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > > >> The sun8i boot0 code fills the DRAM with a "random" pattern before > > >> comparing > > >> it at different offsets to do columns, etc. detection. The sun6i boot0 > > >> code > > >> does not do it, but it seems like a good idea to do this regardless. > > > > > > Is this the right way round? > > > > Yes, while working on the sun8i code I noticed that it was prefilling memory > > before doing wrap-around checks like the sun6i code is doing too, and then I > > realized that the sun6i code was relying on whatever is in DRAM being random > > enough for its wrap-around tests to work, without ensuring it is random > > enough. > > > > > The existing sun6i code (which you are > > > moving here) seems to _rely_ on something having written a useful > > > pattern, which I would have assumed to have been boot0. Or else how does > > > it work now? Chance? > > > > Yep, it purely works by chance so far. > > "excellent". Can you mention that in the commit message please. With > that: Acked-by: Ian Campbell <i...@hellion.org.uk> Ian, are you fine with the fact that it still works by chance even after this "fix"? Albeit with a much higher chance of not running into troubles. -- Best regards, Siarhei Siamashka _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
