[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Use an absolute address when jumping out of 4k boot page
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Aug 7 21:15:42 CEST 2007
In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708071321210.9458 at blarg.am.freescale.net> you wrote:
> On e500 when we leave the 4k boot page we should use an absolute address since
> we don't know where the board code may want us to be really running at.
I'm not sure I understand the problem or your intentions.
Normally we try to keep start.S more or less position-independent.
Thus, an absolute jump seems contra-productive to me. Maybe I'm
missing something?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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