[U-Boot] Remaining CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC

Marek Vasut
2012-09-08T07:15:42Z

Dear Andreas Bie?mann,

> Dear Marek Vasut,
>
> On 08.09.12 08:36, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Hi guys.
> >
> > I've been pondering if the CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC is getting away from
> > MIPS/NDS32/AVR32/Sparc/M68K any soon.
>
> I started playing around with 'elf relocation' for avr32 beginning this
> year when I first saw this dlmalloc relocation warning about aliasing.
> But this is not yet finished and disregarded since then.

Understood.

> > We've been having relocation around for a
> > while, yet these platforms still don't support it. Currently, the
> > MANUAL_RELOC only bloats code all around and usually breaks things that
> > can be nicely cleaned up.
>
> I see your point.
>
> > So guys, can you please share your roadmaps for this issue?
>
> I will again look into this later this year. On my roadmap are two major
> things.
> a) SPL for AT91 to remove the need for AT91bootstrap
> b) relocation for AVR32
>
> But sorry, I can not give you a schedule for these features.

Understood, it'd be cool to have the reloc in place really quick, as I'd be able
to clean up stdio a bit more.

Thanks for your reply Andreas!

> Best regards
>
> Andreas Bie?mann

Best regards,
Marek Vasut