[U-Boot] Relocation issue - need help!

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Oct 22 18:56:11 CEST 2014


Dear Dirk,

In message <CANVMifLGzKz+=-K-E9_sSXBxpYPdG1YqEXc-tsCApi7WVxQAHg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> I had exactly the same behaviour some time ago and tracked it down to
> this (and posted it on the mailing list, but sadly got no feedback):

Thanks a lot for this pointer.

> So there a three things to notice:
> 1. Do not use gcc 4.8 and u-boot at the moment.
> 2. You might not notice that you have a problem until you erase u-boot
> from flash (and get your cache flushed).
> 3. Handling relro properly should be on the TODO-List

I confirm that the problem is in my case with gcc 4.8.1, too.  I did
not try another compiler yet.

> Maybe this is already common knowledge an maybe somebody is already
> working on this - but I did not notice yet. So in this case: sorry for
> the noise :)

I highly appreciate your hint, it was definitely very useful. Thanks!

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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