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

bin4ry 0xbin4ry at gmail.com
Thu Sep 5 11:00:43 CEST 2013


Hi everyone,

I changed CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE from 0x40300300 to 0x40300350 and
sufddenly it works. Do you know why this configuration works, even
though with this configuration there are 0x50 bytes less?
It even works with a MLO with 47519 bytes.

Here the summary of my config:

/* Defines for SPL */
#define CONFIG_SPL
#define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE            0x40300350
#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE             (46 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_SPL_STACK                LOW_LEVEL_SRAM_STACK


Thanks again for the support!
-b


Am 04.09.2013 11:07, schrieb Sricharan R:
> On Wednesday 04 September 2013 02:34 PM, bin4ry wrote:
>> Am 04.09.2013 10:56, schrieb Sricharan R:
>>> On Wednesday 04 September 2013 02:18 PM, Michael Trimarchi wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>  Sorry i missed to read PANDA. So it is anyways GP.
>>>  and you changed the CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE as well right ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>  Sricharan
>> First off, sorry for double-posting to this list.
>>
>> No, the PandaBoard is no HS but a GP device.
>>
>> This is my configuration:
>>
>> /* Defines for SPL */
>> #define CONFIG_SPL
>> #define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE        0x40303000
>> #define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE        (45 * 1024)
>> #define CONFIG_SPL_STACK        LOW_LEVEL_SRAM_STACK
>>
>> The MLO binary has 46094 Bytes. Actually I should have enough space
>> (from 0x40300000 - 0x4030bfff -> ~49 kB). However, the device does not
>> start. Right now I am reviewing the code to check, whether it is because
>> of the code and not because of the size that makes u-boot does not start.
> Can you try by setting CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE 0x40300350 ?
>
> Regards,
>  Sricharan



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