Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] riscv: Add riscv.fwsz kernel parameter

From: Anup Patel
Date: Mon Nov 22 2021 - 22:46:17 EST


On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The firmware of riscv (such as opensbi) occupy 2MB(64bit) /
> 4MB(32bit) in Linux. It's very wasteful to small memory footprint
> soc chip such as Allwinner D1s/F133. The kernel parameter gives a
> chance to users to set the proper size of the firmware and get
> more than 1.5MB of memory.

This kernel parameter is redundant see my comment on other patch.

regards,
Anup

>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anup Patel <anup.patel@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 9725c546a0d4..ee505743c8f4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -4964,6 +4964,9 @@
> [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
> CPUs.
>
> + riscv.fwsz=nn[KMG]
> + [RISC-V] Determine firmware size to save memory
> +
> ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
>
> rodata= [KNL]
> --
> 2.25.1
>