From hector.oron@gmail.com Wed Jul 28 13:24:52 2010 Received: from mail-wy0-f172.google.com ([74.125.82.172]) by stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oe5go-000433-0T for balloon@balloonboard.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:24:52 +0100 Received: by wyb40 with SMTP id 40so4298161wyb.31 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:24:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=LmTjEATTp+N8qMonfXOt70b9BwwDNKpVCIzdcJeR1cE=; b=Q9yv2tTTRD7JVCGc6VgQhCbH1NtwC77083oPUfaZNdVnVTqHjli4i5nsQnMpxiOpzz TQKHzWcOGtQegUREN4HnyEyDuEqDs6BzGSu3ryQLb7+jbQKRlXzzeemToV6/LemUn/fl 3QjThXXMglxSxbx0PX7CeHDegucg3+XimbSZc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=kSbwFP75j/5GZOOgXiv3tKC0F7dlKK/7mnkheHYlT4vTs79FGlAypg8gSkgbUrO4LR jR+9aOVseZVRE1ukcNCD7RQuqonkdOVDkkHV0VbKTb32LGwsPCt/dNqHicnBPByiZzsB aRwWMmY8xpa473Ev/kLECW4BeguvppH9kzPCI= Received: by 10.216.188.1 with SMTP id z1mr10565526wem.57.1280319884243; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from enorme ([62.254.222.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p82sm3414802weq.27.2010.07.28.05.24.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:24:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:25:56 +0100 From: Hector Oron To: Balloon Message-ID: <20100728122556.GC27113@enorme> References: <20100722151618.GP30840@dream.aleph1.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20100722151618.GP30840@dream.aleph1.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 74.125.82.172 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: hector.oron@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.5 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:14:11 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk) Subject: Re: [Balloon] more than 256Mb kernel support X-BeenThere: balloon@balloonboard.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Balloon List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:24:52 -0000 On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:16:18PM +0100, Wookey wrote: > We've always had more than 256Mb RAM but not been able to make one > kernel that would access it all on both >256Mb and <=256Mb builds. > > This patch > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/marex/pxa-linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9ee18023466d30e3847a77c82a1e776fb3cf02fc > > enables exactly that for another pxa270 board. > > I _think_ it's exactly what we need and is all of 10 lines. But I > could be wrong. Just notice that 128Mb RAM bank above 256Mb will run at a half of the speed. According to Marek (guy wrote the patch - expect news from him soon), PXA is able to keep up with it. Best regards, -- Héctor Orón "Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar System, which one day will disconnect us." -- Day DVB-T stop working nicely Video flare: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html