doc: environment: Expand on fdt_addr, initrd_addr and loadaddr
- Explain why fdt_addr and initrd_addr should not be set to disable relocation normally. - Provide some advice on the typical loadaddr default value. Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ fdt_high
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to work it must reside in writable memory, have
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sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
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add the information it needs into it, and the memory
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must be accessible by the kernel.
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must be accessible by the kernel. This usage is strongly discouraged
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however as it also stops U-Boot from ensuring the device tree starting
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address is properly aligned and a misaligned tree will cause OS failures.
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fdtcontroladdr
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if set this is the address of the control flattened
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@@ -240,14 +242,21 @@ initrd_high
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memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
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ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
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boot time on your system, but requires that this
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feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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feature is supported by your Linux kernel. This usage however requires
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that the user ensure that there will be no overlap with other parts of the
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image such as the Linux kernel BSS. It should not be enabled by default
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and only done as part of optimizing a deployment.
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ipaddr
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IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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loadaddr
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Default load address for commands like "bootp",
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"rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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"rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot". Note that the optimal
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default values here will vary between architectures. On 32bit ARM for
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example, some offset from start of memory is used as the Linux kernel
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zImage has a self decompressor and it's best if we stay out of where that
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will be working.
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loads_echo
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see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
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