[U-Boot] ARM64 Allwinner Binary Size

Maxime Ripard
2017-12-19T15:36:13Z

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 02:27:57PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> >>> Removing those options make the u-boot.itb binary size going from
> >>> 516kB to 478kB, making it functional again *and* allowing us to enable
> >>> the DT overlays that seem way more important than any feature
> >>> mentionned above (and bumps the size to 483kB).
> >>
> >> How important is the raw MMC environment for the ARM64 boards, actually?
> >> Most of the rationale for the 32-bit side seemed to apply to legacy use
> >> cases only. Do we have reports/complaints from 64-bit users?
> >
> > Pretty much as important as it is on arm I guess. We just have less
> > history, but the same use cases.
> >
> > I'd really like to give at least one release for transition, which
> > would mean having a schedule like this:
> >
> > - in 2018.01, merge those config removals so that we have least have
> > something that works quite fast

So, given the various feedback, the current diff for the pine64 is:
http://code.bulix.org/t7icrw-243561

With that, We're at 500kB with the ATF.

Does it work for everyone here?
Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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