[U-Boot] ARM64 Allwinner Binary Size

Tom Rini
2017-12-19T15:44:59Z

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 04:36:13PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> 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?

Works for me, thanks!

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Tom
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