[U-Boot] SPL binary too large for OMAP4460 OCM

Michael Trimarchi michael at amarulasolutions.com
Wed Sep 4 10:48:16 CEST 2013


Hi

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Sricharan R <r.sricharan at ti.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 September 2013 01:01 PM, bin4ry wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I need to add functionality to the SPL code. I tried to implement in a
>> memory-saving way, however, the SPL is about 45 kB after compilation. To
>> get compilation working, I had to set CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE to (45 *
>> 1024). Now, the SPL as well as u-boot won't boot. After the device'
>> (PandaBoard ES - OMAP4460) reset, nothing happens regarding it's output
>> on terminal.
>>
>> My question: is it theoretically possible to to establish a successfully
>> booting SPL with ~45 kB in size for this device? The device'
>> on-chip-memory is 56kB so it could fit in there. If so, what needs to be
>> configured / tuned to get it working? Are there any other features I
>> could omit from the binary to make it smaller?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> -b
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>  Do you have a Secure device or GP ?
>

if it is Pandaboard? No he has not. I have increased up to 40Kb and it
works with serial boot and
sdcard/emmc boot.

Michael


> Regards,
>  Sricharan
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