[U-Boot-Users] TEXT_BASE

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <722E4866-3888-11D7-8C12-00039390D626 at pepper.com> you wrote:
> I am confused about the TEXT_BASE define in the config.mk file.
> 
> Should this be the address of where the loader is in flash or where it 
> should go in SDRAM?

It is the physical start address of the code (not the  entry  point!)
in flash memory _after_ the final address mapping has been set up.

The start address in RAM usually cannot be determined at compile time
as it depends on a couple of parameters like:

- RAM size (U-Boot should always automagically adjust to different
  RAM sizes and install itself always at the very end of available
  memory)

- Use of "protected RAM", which will "shift down" the location where
  U-Boot gets installed in RAM by an amount which may depend on
  environment variable settings

- Use of a common syslog buffer within U-Boot and Linux, which also
  shifts down the location where U-Boot gets installed in RAM


[I know that there are some boards that  don't  bother  to  implement
this  intelligence;  they will break when trying to use some of these
more advanced features.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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