[U-Boot] Query on CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD

Wolfgang Denk
2014-11-14T05:43:44Z

Dear Victor,

In message <54658577.3090807@gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> I am working with a Cortex A5 Freescale Vybrid Processor. Since a thumb build leads to a saving of almost 1 MB for my u-boot image and consequently to faster serial downloads I have been looking at this. Currently enabling this option leads to a hang
> .
> >
> > Saving 1 MB? So how big is your U-Boot image, then?
>
> To be exact
>
> For a thumb build:
> 363288 bytes
>
> For a non thumb build:
> 482072 bytes

That saves 118784 bytes or 116 KiB. This is still a lot, but far from
the dramatic "1 MB" you claimed...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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