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From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC] arm926ejs: fix jump to RAM nand_boot
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:55:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CCFD212.9050607@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101102083318.CE0C44C7@gemini.denx.de>

Hello Wolfgang,

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Heiko Schocher,
> 
> In message <4CCFAFE4.3000600@denx.de> you wrote:
>> - preloader copies first page of nand (nand_spl code) to
>>   0xbb000000 (some cpu internal mem) and jumps to this address
>> - nand_spl does lowlevelinit, relocate itself to TEXT_BASE (nand_spl code)
> 
> Why is this relocation needed? I understand that this 0xbb000000

Thats the question to solve ... don;t know, why nand_spl code
on arm (and other architectures?) do this ... I try to have a look
to find out, if we can run the nand_spl code complete from
this address, and immedietaly copy u-boot from nand to ram ...

> address is determined by the given hardware ans as such always fix?

Yep.

>> But as codesize changes (and with it relocation address) this
>> is not a perfect solution.
> 
> Indeed. CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE should be dropped, and the avtual
> value should be derived from the actual U-Boot image building
> process.

Yep.

bye,
Heiko
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-02  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-31 17:43 [U-Boot] [RFC] arm926ejs: fix linker file for newer ld support Albert Aribaud
2010-10-31 18:11 ` Alexander Holler
2010-10-31 18:12 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 18:31   ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 18:36     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 18:38   ` Alexander Holler
2010-10-31 19:01     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 19:07       ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 19:22         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 19:40           ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 19:59             ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 20:23               ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 20:32                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 21:20                 ` [U-Boot] [RFC] arm926ejs: fix jump to RAM nand_boot Albert Aribaud
2010-10-31 21:51                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 21:55                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 22:28                   ` Alexander Holler
2010-10-31 23:04                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01  5:13                       ` sughosh ganu
2010-11-01  8:12                         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01  9:13                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-01  9:15                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-01 17:03                         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01 19:23                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-01 19:30                             ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01 19:35                               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-01 20:04                                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01 19:44                               ` Graeme Russ
2010-11-01 19:53                                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-01 20:01                                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-01 20:19                                 ` Scott Wood
2010-11-02  6:29                             ` Heiko Schocher
2010-11-02  6:54                               ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-02  7:10                                 ` Heiko Schocher
2010-11-02  8:33                               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-02  8:55                                 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]
2010-11-02  9:17                                   ` Stefan Roese
2010-11-09 19:19                                     ` Scott Wood
2010-11-02  9:21                                   ` Sughosh Ganu
2010-11-02  8:57                               ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-02  9:11                                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-02  9:34                                   ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-11-02  9:42                                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-03  6:37                                     ` V, Aneesh
2010-11-03  8:02                                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-03 10:39                                         ` V, Aneesh
2010-11-03 11:27                                           ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-03 12:03                                             ` V, Aneesh
2010-11-03 12:08                                               ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-03 12:20                                                 ` V, Aneesh
2010-11-03 13:00                                               ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-03 14:07                                                 ` V, Aneesh
2010-11-03 18:25                                                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-02  9:38                                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-02  9:47                                   ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-02  9:56                                     ` Sughosh Ganu
2010-11-02 11:16                                       ` Albert ARIBAUD
2010-11-02 11:32                                         ` Sughosh Ganu
2010-11-02 13:28                                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-31 19:01     ` [U-Boot] [RFC] arm926ejs: fix linker file for newer ld support Albert ARIBAUD
2010-10-31 18:35 ` Darius Augulis
2010-10-31 18:53   ` Albert ARIBAUD

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