[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 2/2] [NEXT] arm926ejs: reduce code size with -msingle-pic-base

Ben Gardiner bengardiner at nanometrics.ca
Tue Sep 28 15:39:28 CEST 2010


On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Albert Aribaud <albert.aribaud at free.fr> wrote:
> Add -msingle-pic-base to the relocation flags, and compute the pic base
> in start.S twice and for all -- once before relocation to run board_init_f,
> and once after relocation to run board_init_r and the rest of u-boot.
> This further reduces code size by 2.5% compared to -fPIE alone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Albert Aribaud <albert.aribaud at free.fr>

Applies cleanly to 3df61957938586c512c17e72d83551d190400981 of u-boot/next.

Tested on da850evm -- u-boot prompt is obtained and bootm of linux
uImage is possible with the fix for bootparam address on the da850evm.

Tested-by: Ben Gardiner <bengardiner at nanometrics.ca>

Best Regards,
Ben Gardiner

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