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authorMark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>2013-09-04 15:10:02 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2013-09-05 17:29:05 +0100
commit4d5e0b1527dd330940e8b7180b8d7016fc900352 (patch)
tree57f22cae744fce34539f43959abead7201fb05ca
parentd50240a5f6ceaf690a77b0fccb17be51cfa151c2 (diff)
downloadlinux-4d5e0b1527dd330940e8b7180b8d7016fc900352.tar.bz2
Documentation/arm64: clarify requirements for DTB placement
The current description of DTB placement requirements does not quite match the kernel code in head.S: __vet_fdt and __create_page_tables. This patch tweaks the text to match the actual requirements placed on it by the code. Signed-off-by: Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/booting.txt6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
index 5273c4d60e65..98df4a03807e 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ sees fit.)
Requirement: MANDATORY
-The device tree blob (dtb) must be no bigger than 2 megabytes in size
-and placed at a 2-megabyte boundary within the first 512 megabytes from
-the start of the kernel image. This is to allow the kernel to map the
+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.