[U-Boot-Users] 0x40000 vs 0x40004

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <9F3F0A752CAEBE4FA7E906CC2FBFF57C06A159 at MERCURY.inside.istor.com> you wrote:
> I have a friend with a test program that used to be in ppcboot and is
> now moving to uboot. With some compilations on some computers he gets
> his /examples/hello_world starting at 0x40000 and on others it starts at
> 0x40004.
> 
> The first 4 bytes appear to be a magic number which is either 0x18220 or
> 0x18300 depending on ppcboot or uboot and old or newer toolchain.
> 
> The question is:
> 
> "What file controls the addition (or deletion) of this 4 byte magic
> number at the beginning of "hello_world?"

This is not a magic number, and you should RTFM before posting,
especially
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/MyStandaloneProgramDoesNotWork


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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