From e5fd91f1ef340da553f7a79da9540c3db711c937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 01:01:14 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.2-gnu --- Documentation/arm64/booting.txt | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/arm64/booting.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt index f3c05b5f9..1690350f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt @@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ sees fit.) Requirement: MANDATORY -The device tree blob (dtb) must be placed on an 8-byte boundary within -the first 512 megabytes from the start of the kernel image and must not -cross a 2-megabyte boundary. This is to allow the kernel to map the -blob using a single section mapping in the initial page tables. +The device tree blob (dtb) must be placed on an 8-byte boundary and must +not exceed 2 megabytes in size. Since the dtb will be mapped cacheable +using blocks of up to 2 megabytes in size, it must not be placed within +any 2M region which must be mapped with any specific attributes. +NOTE: versions prior to v4.2 also require that the DTB be placed within +the 512 MB region starting at text_offset bytes below the kernel Image. 3. Decompress the kernel image ------------------------------ -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf