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diff --git a/Documentation/xtensa/mmu.txt b/Documentation/xtensa/mmu.txt
index 867c0f837e28..222a2c6748e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/xtensa/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/xtensa/mmu.txt
@@ -3,15 +3,8 @@ MMUv3 initialization sequence.
The code in the initialize_mmu macro sets up MMUv3 memory mapping
identically to MMUv2 fixed memory mapping. Depending on
CONFIG_INITIALIZE_XTENSA_MMU_INSIDE_VMLINUX symbol this code is
-located in one of the following address ranges:
-
- 0xF0000000..0xFFFFFFFF (will keep same address in MMU v2 layout;
- typically ROM)
- 0x00000000..0x07FFFFFF (system RAM; this code is actually linked
- at 0xD0000000..0xD7FFFFFF [cached]
- or 0xD8000000..0xDFFFFFFF [uncached];
- in any case, initially runs elsewhere
- than linked, so have to be careful)
+located in addresses it was linked for (symbol undefined), or not
+(symbol defined), so it needs to be position-independent.
The code has the following assumptions:
This code fragment is run only on an MMU v3.
@@ -28,24 +21,26 @@ TLB setup proceeds along the following steps.
PA = physical address (two upper nibbles of it);
pc = physical range that contains this code;
-After step 2, we jump to virtual address in 0x40000000..0x5fffffff
-that corresponds to next instruction to execute in this code.
-After step 4, we jump to intended (linked) address of this code.
-
- Step 0 Step1 Step 2 Step3 Step 4 Step5
- ============ ===== ============ ===== ============ =====
- VA PA PA VA PA PA VA PA PA
- ------ -- -- ------ -- -- ------ -- --
- E0..FF -> E0 -> E0 E0..FF -> E0 F0..FF -> F0 -> F0
- C0..DF -> C0 -> C0 C0..DF -> C0 E0..EF -> F0 -> F0
- A0..BF -> A0 -> A0 A0..BF -> A0 D8..DF -> 00 -> 00
- 80..9F -> 80 -> 80 80..9F -> 80 D0..D7 -> 00 -> 00
- 60..7F -> 60 -> 60 60..7F -> 60
- 40..5F -> 40 40..5F -> pc -> pc 40..5F -> pc
- 20..3F -> 20 -> 20 20..3F -> 20
- 00..1F -> 00 -> 00 00..1F -> 00
-
-The default location of IO peripherals is above 0xf0000000. This may change
+After step 2, we jump to virtual address in the range 0x40000000..0x5fffffff
+or 0x00000000..0x1fffffff, depending on whether the kernel was loaded below
+0x40000000 or above. That address corresponds to next instruction to execute
+in this code. After step 4, we jump to intended (linked) address of this code.
+The scheme below assumes that the kernel is loaded below 0x40000000.
+
+ Step0 Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4 Step5
+ ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
+ VA PA PA PA PA VA PA PA
+ ------ -- -- -- -- ------ -- --
+ E0..FF -> E0 -> E0 -> E0 F0..FF -> F0 -> F0
+ C0..DF -> C0 -> C0 -> C0 E0..EF -> F0 -> F0
+ A0..BF -> A0 -> A0 -> A0 D8..DF -> 00 -> 00
+ 80..9F -> 80 -> 80 -> 80 D0..D7 -> 00 -> 00
+ 60..7F -> 60 -> 60 -> 60
+ 40..5F -> 40 -> pc -> pc 40..5F -> pc
+ 20..3F -> 20 -> 20 -> 20
+ 00..1F -> 00 -> 00 -> 00
+
+The default location of IO peripherals is above 0xf0000000. This may be changed
using a "ranges" property in a device tree simple-bus node. See ePAPR 1.1, ยง6.5
for details on the syntax and semantic of simple-bus nodes. The following
limitations apply: