[U-Boot] [RFC] arm926ejs: fix jump to RAM nand_boot

Scott Wood
2010-11-01T20:19:09Z

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 06:44:41 +1100
Graeme Russ <graeme.russ@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, what a terrible waste!
>
> Why does u-boot-spl need to relocate?

Because it is typically initially loaded into a special hardware
buffer. That buffer needs to be freed up to be used to load the
payload.

> Can't u-boot-spl load AND relocate u-boot, or does u-boot-spl have
> tight space constraints?

It has tight space constraints -- often 4 KiB, sometimes even less IIRC.

-Scott