[U-Boot] Avoiding reload on ARM U-BOOT

[Marek Vasut]

> Hello Marek

ALWAYS CC U-BOOT ML

> 
> Thank you for your answer
> 
> My SOC (Marvells Armada Controller) uses a bootrom code to copy to
> initialize the DRAM and to copy the u-boot image. so the entire DRAM init
> and copy sequence in u-boot is redundant.

I see. I know about this soc's bootrom. Though it still can't place the 
bootloader properly to the end of DRAM.

> 
> in previous version there was a way to avoid this. i find it limiting that
> there isn't a way in the new version.
> 
> Why would i want to relocate the code anyway ?

See above, to place it to the end of DRAM.

> 
> Yehuda
> 
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello everyone
> > > 
> > > im trying to port u-boot 2011-09 to a new board with an arm based SOC
> > > 
> > > i found that u-boot will always relocate the code even if it is placed
> > > already in DDR which is the case with my SOC.
> > 
> > The u-boot is always relocated to the end of the DRAM, which is likely
> > what you
> > want. And it's quite a quick process. So if you are manufacturing your
> > soc with
> > various size of RAM, you want the relocation to happen. What SoC is that
> > anyway?
> > 
> > > is there any clean way to avoid relocating the u-boot ? does the
> > > various SPL configs have something to do with that ?
> > 
> > Not really and you don't want this to happen.
> > 
> > M
> > 
> > > if yes which one should i define ?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > 
> > > Yehuda