[U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH] Avoid R_ARM_ABS32 for bss start and end references -- tester(s) needed for non-ARM architectures also

[Andreas Bießmann]

Hi Albert,

On 02/14/2013 09:10 AM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Hi Luka,
> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:17:24 +0100, Luka Perkov <luka at openwrt.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 06:27:27PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>>> This patch SHOULD NOT BE applied in any official U-boot tree! It is
>>> submitted as an RFC and a request to test.
>>
>> I can confirm that this patch applied on top of 9c748e0 worked for my
>> two kirkwood boards. One is in mainline (ib62x0) and one is not.
>>
>> Tested-by: Luka Perkov <luka at openwrt.org>
> 
> Thanks Luka!
> 
> Anyone available to test on a non-ARM architecture? I can provide the
> patched linker script if testing on a mainline-supported target.

I can on AVR32, would you provide the linker script (atstk1002
preferred, but AFAIR all AVR32 targets use the same linker script)?
I think we should apply this change on top of "Refactor linker-generated
arrays", am I right?

Best regards

Andreas Bießmann