[U-Boot] BSS footprint of FAT very high - SPL issues

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4D47B20B.5040104 at free.fr> you wrote:
> 
> > variables occupy space in the U-Boot binary? If they do, then *that*
> > must be fixed rather than allocating a fixed address for them. In ARM
> > achitectures, the linker file makes sure the BSS is at the end of the
> > image and is not loadable, so the ELF to bin conversion just skips them.
> > Maybe the linker file you're using here does not do this?
>
> Answering myself: after reading Vaibhav's answer, I should amend my
> question aboce. Seems like the issue is the SPL has a BSS in IRAM, or in
> whatever memory it lands in. In that case, there's indeed no fix except
> putting the buffers in DRAM.

well, there _is_ an obvious fix: put the BSS inS DRAM where we have
sufficient room for it.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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