[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] Make sure 85xx bss doesn't start at 0x0

[Graeme Russ]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Graeme Russ <graeme.russ at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
>> Dear Graeme Russ,
>>
>> In message <d66caabb0910061824s4165d33bu5d5213f6783c09d0 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> One reason for not using ELF images for the boot loader is size. The
>> ELF header alone is often more than we would be willing to accept, not
>> to mention the additional code.
>>
>

[snip]

> The extra code is only three very tight for-loops. I had them wrapped in
> functions to improve readability, but they are good inline candidates (only
> called once each) and I doubt they use much code space at all (I'll send
> through actual numbers soon)

341 bytes in the library archive for the ELF relocation code - I'm sure
inlining will further reduce the footprint


Regards,

Graeme