[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: Add option to disable code relocation

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4F304376.3020400 at aribaud.net> you wrote:
>
> Now if the platform is static and has a preloader of sorts, then one can
> predict (or just observe) where U-Boot would want to relocate, and set
> the preloader once and for all (for a given release of U-Boot, that is)
> to load U-Boot directly at that address. U-Boot will skip copy and
> relocation if it already resides at the right address.

This may, or may not work.

Assume you have PRAM enabled in your configuration, then the
relocation address depends on the size of the PRAM area, which is
defined by the value of an environment variable - i. e. it can be
different for each boot.

In the general case, the relocation address is NOT predictable.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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