[U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH V2] arm: arm926ejs: use ELF relocations

Reinhard Meyer
2010-10-05T11:17:43Z

Dear All ;)
>> Umm... is my understanding correct that we can drop the whole
>> CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC stuff then, too?
>
> I believe we're just changing the relocation solution, but we're not
> changing the overall strategy regarding CONFIG_SYS_ARM_WITHOUT_RELOC.

We should not forget that right now, the "ELF" method uses 8 byte entries
to relocate, compared to 4 byte entries with the "GOT" method. We
should not proceed too fast here, the "thought about" tool to squeeze down
the relocation information should not be completely forgotten...

Otherwise even more boards would need to change their mtd partitioning ;)

And I am not too happy if I cannot downgrade to the AT91SAM9XE256 anymore
(256K NOR) if the 512K version proves difficult to obtain ;)

Reinhard