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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-16 06:04:58 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-16 06:04:58 +0400 |
| commit | 45158894d4d6704afbb4cefe55e5f6ca279fe12a (patch) | |
| tree | d57e745e2d0848d75cd4a46ca04178b16f186b50 /arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c | |
| parent | 89a93f2f4834f8c126e8d9dd6b368d0b9e21ec3d (diff) | |
| parent | 84c3d4aaec3338201b449034beac41635866bddf (diff) | |
| download | linux-45158894d4d6704afbb4cefe55e5f6ca279fe12a.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (249 commits)
powerpc: Fix pte_update for CONFIG_PTE_64BIT and !PTE_ATOMIC_UPDATES
powerpc: Fix a build problem on ppc32 with new DMA_ATTRs
ibm_newemac: Add MII mode support to the EMAC RGMII bridge.
powerpc: Don't spin on sync instruction at boot time
powerpc: Add VSX load/store alignment exception handler
powerpc: fix giveup_vsx to save registers correctly
powerpc: support for latencytop
powerpc: Remove unnecessary condition when sanity-checking WIMG bits
powerpc: Add PPC_FEATURE_PSERIES_PERFMON_COMPAT
powerpc: Add driver for Barrier Synchronization Register
powerpc: mman.h export fixups
powerpc/fsl: update crypto node definition and device tree instances
powerpc/fsl: Refactor device bindings
powerpc/85xx: Minor fixes for 85xxds and 8536ds board.
powerpc: Add 82xx/83xx/86xx to 6xx Multiplatform
powerpc/85xx: publish of device for cds platforms
powerpc/booke: don't reinitialize time base
powerpc/86xx: Refactor pic init
powerpc/CPM: Add i2c pins to dts and board setup
cpm_uart: Support uart_wait_until_sent()
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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c index 95b8fd69a403..b0ec9cf3eaaf 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c @@ -168,8 +168,19 @@ void *of_claim(unsigned long virt, unsigned long size, unsigned long align) void *of_vmlinux_alloc(unsigned long size) { - void *p = malloc(size); - + unsigned long start = (unsigned long)_start, end = (unsigned long)_end; + void *addr; + void *p; + + /* With some older POWER4 firmware we need to claim the area the kernel + * will reside in. Newer firmwares don't need this so we just ignore + * the return value. + */ + addr = of_claim(start, end - start, 0); + printf("Trying to claim from 0x%lx to 0x%lx (0x%lx) got %p\r\n", + start, end, end - start, addr); + + p = malloc(size); if (!p) fatal("Can't allocate memory for kernel image!\n\r"); |