[Arm-netbook] Where to load initramfs

Peter Steenbergen p.steenbergen at j1nx.nl
Tue Jul 10 12:06:43 BST 2012


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> 1) No part of the kernel/inirtd end up in the reserved memory area, e.g.
> the GPU allocation
>
> Did not think of that one, does anybody know where that is? Otherwise I
have to dive into the kernel sources.


> 2) Kernel and initrd areas don't overlap (or you'll clobber a part of
> whichever you loaded first.
>
> A calculator that can convert decimal to hex will probably be helpful in
> this when you check the size of your uimage and uinitrd.
>
> Indeed, uImage is around 3,5 Mb so for safety let's go for 4 Mb. Anybody
know a good  calculator (I am really really bad at this converting stuff)
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