[U-Boot] u-boot.bin

[Jerry Van Baren]

Hi David,

David Kaplan wrote:
> What sort of generated file size should i expect for the u-boot.bin file? I
> know it's impossible for anyone to tell me exactly, but in what region of
> sizes are we talking?

256K...384K.

If you are looking at a multi-mega/gigabyte .bin file, it is usually 
because your memory map has a *large* empty space in it.  This is 
typically due to interrupt vectors and the executable portions being 
widely separated.  When creating the .bin file, the Makefile fills empty 
spaces with 0xFF (IIRC).

You can use ${CROSS_COMPILE}objdump -h (and other options) to see what 
is in your .elf file and where things are located.

gvb