[U-Boot] [PATCH V4 1/2] arm926ejs: fix linker file for newer ld support

[Loïc Minier]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> I assume that the -kernel option indicates the executable to run.

 Correct, IOW u-boot.bin

> Would it take an ELF executable? a binary?

 You can pass an ELF as well

>                                            How would one go about
> testing running u-boot from RAM, NOR, NAND?

 I guess you could only test from RAM with the way support for ARM
 boards is implemented


 Hmm another option would be OMAP emulation.  It might allow you to test
 all of this; it's a bit more tricky to setup as you need to generate
 the flash contents, or some SD card.  Also, things are a bit messier
 because this still uses x-loader.  Problem is that x-loader probably
 requires armv7 itself ATM; this becomes quite far-fetched  :-/

> This seems to mean the HW is not 100% simulated, right?

 Well, these are either missing simulation or bugs; yes

> One last question:
> >     qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x34000000
> 
> Does this mean that qemu does not simulate data or instruction
> aborts? Not that it is required for u-boot, but it *could* be useful
> sometimes.

 I think the only thing it can do is halt  :-)

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Loïc Minier