linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Kbuild: Implement CONFIG_UIMAGE_KERNEL

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Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:43:43 -0500 (EST)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	microblaze-uclinux@...e.uq.edu.au, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Kbuild: Implement CONFIG_UIMAGE_KERNEL_NOLOAD

On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 04:03:04PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > Well, I do have a patch series getting rid of ZRELADDR entirely, and 
> > AUTO_ZRELADDR would then become implicit, unless CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET is 
> > defined.
> 
> Not possible, unless you're goign to also rip out uImage support.

I wish I could.  At least this new "noload" option would make uImage 
compatible with this.  That won't help existing u-Boot installations 
though, which is why I didn't post that patch series yet as I still 
haven't found a good fallback.

> Otherwise, how do we deal with platforms like Versatile Express where
> uboot does a funky relocation of data depending on whether the uImage
> it's loading is for the low 256MB RAM mapping or the high 1GB RAM
> mapping.

Doesn't it use AUTO_ZRELADDR?  With the newer u-Boot, you'd just load 
uImage to whatever address and u-Boot won't mess with it.


Nicolas
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