From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] tools: fix FIT image with ramdisk
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:26:33 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51E20C59.6040708@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130713112153.98D2E381200@gemini.denx.de>
On 07/13/2013 05:21 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Tom Rini,
>
> In message <20130712212416.GV13531@bill-the-cat> you wrote:
>>
>> A FIT image with a ramdisk that sets the entry or load points to 0x0
>> must be treated as meaning "leave in place" and NOT "relocate to 0x0".
>
> Why is this the case? 0x0 could be a valid address on some systems.
> If we need a special address that "cannot exist", we should rather use
> the last address in the addressable range (i. e. (void *)(~0)).
For the kernel, we created a special image type for "no relocation";
IH_TYPE_KERNEL_NOLOAD. Is an equivalent needed to the initrd?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-14 2:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-12 13:09 [U-Boot] [PATCH] tools: fix FIT image with ramdisk Stefano Babic
2013-07-12 13:20 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2013-07-12 21:24 ` Tom Rini
2013-07-13 7:17 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2013-07-13 9:33 ` Stefano Babic
2013-07-13 11:21 ` Wolfgang Denk
2013-07-13 20:02 ` Tom Rini
2013-07-14 2:26 ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2013-07-14 2:55 ` Tom Rini
2013-07-20 22:06 ` Simon Glass
2013-07-20 22:38 ` Tom Rini
2013-07-20 23:29 ` Simon Glass
2013-07-20 23:36 ` Tom Rini
2013-08-13 13:53 ` Tom Rini
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