[U-Boot] ARM relocation, question to Heiko
Heiko Schocher
hs at denx.de
Mon Oct 4 07:41:53 CEST 2010
Hello Albert,
Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Le 02/10/2010 22:39, Reinhard Meyer a écrit :
>
>> And as an idea, if position independent code is used, only pointers
>> in initialized data need adjustment. Cannot the linker emit a table
>> of addresses that need fixing?
>
> IIU Bill C, yes the linker can emit the information and the startup code
> could use this information instead of relying on hand-provided info; the
> linker file probably needs to be modified in order to provide such info.
> I intend to look into this, but feel free to do too.
I thought therefore is the GOT. But if there is another way, to get
rid of this hand fixing, it would be a good thing.
bye,
Heiko
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