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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c index 95b8fd69a403..b0ec9cf3eaaf 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/oflib.c @@ -168,8 +168,19 @@ void *of_claim(unsigned long virt, unsigned long size, unsigned long align) void *of_vmlinux_alloc(unsigned long size) { - void *p = malloc(size); - + unsigned long start = (unsigned long)_start, end = (unsigned long)_end; + void *addr; + void *p; + + /* With some older POWER4 firmware we need to claim the area the kernel + * will reside in. Newer firmwares don't need this so we just ignore + * the return value. + */ + addr = of_claim(start, end - start, 0); + printf("Trying to claim from 0x%lx to 0x%lx (0x%lx) got %p\r\n", + start, end, end - start, addr); + + p = malloc(size); if (!p) fatal("Can't allocate memory for kernel image!\n\r"); |