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limit the linux partition in DDR3 memory of DE1-SOC board

Altera_Forum
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how can i devide the ddr3 memory between the linux and FPGA in DE1 soc board

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Altera_Forum
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You can limit the memory reserved for linux by specifying the "mem" parameter when booting the linux kernel eg. 

 

bootargs root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 mem=800M  

 

Documented here https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.14/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.14/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html) (Search for "mem=")
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Hii Tototo 

 

Using the cable ethernet not the uart can i use this command ? 

this command limit the linux to use just 800M of the DDR3 memory? 

so to which adress i can write to ddr3 memory from the FPGA ?
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Using the cable ethernet not the uart can i use this command ? 

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You can set these parameters from within uBoot, independently from your connection. 

If you type "printenv" within uBoot you will see the entire environment variables. Probably you can spot some variables that are used for booting the kernel eg. name of the kernel image, boot parameters.... 

 

 

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this command limit the linux to use just 800M of the DDR3 memory? 

so to which adress i can write to ddr3 memory from the FPGA? 

 

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You can verify this by typing  

cat /proc/iomem  

It should say something like "00000000-31ffffff : System RAM" and that is the memory range used by kernel. You can do with the rest whatever you want.
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Hii Tototo , 

 

when I type this command "cat /proc/iomem" it gives me 

root@socfpga:~# cat /proc/iomem 

00000000-31ffffff : System RAM 

00008000-006ed827 : Kernel code 

00744000-007c355b : Kernel data 

ff702000-ff703fff : /soc/ethernet@ff702000 

ff704000-ff704fff : /soc/dwmmc0@ff704000 

ff705000-ff705fff : ff705000.spi 

ffa00000-ffa00fff : ff705000.spi 

ffb40000-ffb4fffe : /soc/usb@ffb40000 

ffc00000-ffc00fff : c_can_platform 

ffc02000-ffc0201f : serial 

ffc04000-ffc04fff : /soc/i2c@ffc04000 

ffc05000-ffc05fff : /soc/i2c@ffc05000 

ffd02000-ffd02fff : /soc/wd@ffd02000 

ffe01000-ffe01fff : /soc/amba/pdma@ffe01000 

fff01000-fff01fff : fff01000.spi 

ffff0000-ffffffff : /soc/sram@ffff0000 

means that i can do with the 0x32000000-0x40000000 whatever i want
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means that i can do with the 0x32000000-0x40000000 whatever i want 

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As this range is not used by Linux Kernelspace nor Userspace it will have no impact on the behavior of the system. 

And still you can access this memory from within linux by its address :)
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