Re: vmparam.h version 1.28 and problem running /sbin/init

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Petri Laakso <petri.laakso%asd.fi@localhost> wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:07:22 -0800
> Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> That KERNEL_BASE_EXT is way too low.
>> should be a minimum of 0x80000000
> 
> Thank you for clarification. I'll try to wrap my head around
> concepts of memory mapping and early initialization once again.
> 
> Is it recommended for new ports to use arm32_bootmem_init() and 
> arm32_kernel_vm_init()? As if I'm going to touch OLinuXino initialization, 
> these seem to do most of the hard work for me.

It is.

The thing you need to be careful about is before you turn on the
MMU any address referenced should be loaded via a PIC sequence.