[U-Boot] ARM relocation, probably trivial mistake - back to original problem

Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-01T08:48:42Z

Dear Reinhard Meyer,

In message <4CA590E6.6070701@emk-elektronik.de> you wrote:
>
> it seems, that with relocation enabled, some
> data does not seem to get initialized properly:

I rather suspect you have code running that violates the
pre-relocation restrictions (no bss segment available, read-only data
segment).

> Do I understand right what the required changes are:
>
> 1. change dram_init
> 2. make sure TEXT_BASE is correct as to where u-boot is loaded
> by a preloader and is NOT pointing near top of RAM.

...or identical to the final position in RAM.

> 3. I do not have a board specific .lds - should I now have one?

No need for that.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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